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Four centuries later, Easter's date remains divisive. Some church leaders want that to change
For more than 400 years, Catholic and Orthodox churches have used different ways to determine the date of Easter. But this Sunday will mark a special moment for Christians, as the churches celebrate ...
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How often do Western and Orthodox Easters coincide? This year's overlap is getting rarer
The Orthodox Church utilizes the Julian calendar, which was established by Julius Caesar and still in use in the Roman Empire at the time of the First Council of Nicaea in the year 325 ...
Lent underway in Christian world
Lent is underway in the Christian world, although it mainly impacts monks and restaurant owners, who quickly devise Lenten ...
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There’s only one Easter Sunday this year: Why that’s not always the case
Eastern Orthodox churches use the older Julian calendar, established by Julius Caesar. In 325 A.D., more than 300 bishops representing different factions of the Christian church met in what is now ...
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Orthodox Easter: Who celebrates in Australia and why it's (usually) on a different date
The Orthodox Church uses the Julian calendar for the Easter date calculation, which is a few days behind the Gregorian calendar used by Catholic and Protestant churches. Still, there are years ...
Why does Easter change every year? Here's how the date has been historically determined.
These graphics explain why Easter Sunday changes each year based on ancient interpretations of the solar and lunar cycles.