Catholics worldwide observe Easter on April 9,
2023. The consecrated days for Christianity s greatest feast, for those of Orthodox
and Catholic persuasion, do not always coincide. In 2023, the two persuasions observation
of Easter falls one week apart. How can we explain that?
After the Great Schism of the Cristian Church, in
1054, more often than not, the Easter is observed one week apart. The weeklong
lag is explained through the fact that, beginning 1582, The Orthodox Church
uses the Julian Calendar, while the Catholics divide the year according to the
Gregorian calendar. Therefore, the catholic Easter date is calculated according
to the ecclesiastical fool Moon, in keeping with the ecclesiastical tables, as
against the astronomic event of the Spring Equinox. The director of the Constantin Brăiloiu Ethnography and Folklore Institute
in Bucharest, Sabina Ispas, will be giving us the details:
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