Why is easter on different dates for orthodox and catholic people??
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The Orthodox church still calculates Easter according to the Julian Calendar.\n\nUntil 1582, everyone in the world used the Julian Calendar (which kept slipping a bit, because it was too long).\n\nSince then, people started adopting the Gregorian calendar (at different times in different cultures). Even until recently, some countries used the Julian Calendar - for example, Russia's October Revolution was actually in November.\nThe Orthodox church held out longer than most, mainly because the Gregorian calendar was developed by their old enemies/brothers the Catholics (it's named after Pope Gregory 13th).\n\nThe Pravoslavnic (and some other) branches of the Orthodox church still actively use the Julian calendar for other festivals as well, so their Christmas is also on a different day.
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its easter for me. im russian orthodox:)
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April 14th is Good Friday.  I'm not sure if is a national holiday because it involves Easter and not everyone celebrates Easter.
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Although the meaning of the word seems to be different depending on the outlook of the asker "Orthodox Christians" seem to believe much like the Catholic faith. They are not in the same boat as Roman Catholics, which are united with the Pope in Rome, (they are not). But the faith seems to be similar.
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Good Friday is always the Friday before Easter.  To properly understand the nature of Good Friday.  Some research is required to find out why Easter is scheduled the way that it is.\n\nAccording to Newadvent.org and an excerpt from the Catholic Encyclopedia, Easter will always fall some time between March 22 and April 25.  This would make Good Friday sometime between March 20 and April 23.\n\nSee the second paragraph in the link below under The Feast section for a more detailed explanation.
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Only with great difficulty.\n\nSee http://www.davros.org/misc/easter.html
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Almost all professing Christians disregard the Sabbath and embrace Sunday. Why? The REASON to honor Sunday, is because Sunday is the "venerable day of the sun god," according to Emperor Constantine's decree, and the Pope took it upon himself to change God's Law & rubber-stamp the pagan order. The EXCUSE that many mainliners (Catholic, Protestant, non-denominational) will give is that the Resurrection occurred on Sunday. That is NOT a fact! ~Resurrection Sunday~ is a fallacy! It is a vague possibility, but not even probable.\n\nRef: Matthew 28:1-6, Mark 16:1-6, & Luke 24:1-7 - Neither Scripture nor secular history records a time of the Resurrection to define what day it was for modern, Western believers.\n\nIt says that when the women got to the tomb... they had MISSED the miracle - they were TOO LATE - He was ALREADY risen & out of the tomb!\n\nThe time elements we are given is that it was after the Sabbath - which ends after sunset on Saturday; and it was the first day of the week - which for Jews using God's calendar, started after sunset on Saturday. So there is a blank amount of time from Saturday dusk to Sunday sunrise. He could have risen *anytime before* midnight Saturday.\n\nSo, not knowing when the Resurrection was, it is erroneous (heterodoxy?) to assume that it was Sunday & to change God's Law of His Holy Day of rest & worship. ~Not to mention~ that 'Sunday' is a pagan-named day on the pagan-based calendar. God does not tolerate anything pagan in His worship. That is why I said it is "possible" the Resurrection was on Sunday, but not probable.\n\nGod gave the Sabbath as a gift to man. The NT references to believers gathering on the first day of the week to break bread is evidently Saturday evening (based on the heathen calendar), after the Sabbath ended.... They very well could have been celebrating the Resurrection, they may have unrecorded info that indeed the Resurrection was Saturday! In any event, I would not want to bet my soul that it was a ~Sunday Resurrection~; nor teach others that it WAS ON Sunday!
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:}\nIsn't it interesting that many of these same Correspondences have been retained in the Christian celebration of easter. Not only have they been retained, but they have taken on new and meaningful symbolism. \nEven the name of the Holiday:  Eostre's Day and Easter Day \nEaster bunnies and colored eggs including the Pastel Colours:\nPink, Yellow, Grass Green, Robin's Egg Blue\n\nI for one am thankful that pagan holiday which was as lust oriented as was the Vernal Equinox could have been apropiated to such an important spiritual purpose.
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The first day of the week, Sunday, since ancient times has been designated the "day of rest". For Christians it is the holy day of the week, due to the fact that Christ was reported to have risen from the dead upon this day. \nYet the name of Sunday has nothing to do with Christianity, but everything to do with even more ancient religions. The ancient Greeks knew that the sun was the source of life on the planet and they gave it prime importance in their thinking. When the Romans later adopted the seven day week they emphasize their respect for the sun by naming the first day of the week for it..."dies solis"..."day of the sun". \n\nThe actual word "Sunday" is derived from the German word "Sonntag" (and they likely got it from the Scandanavians). These folk too placed a great deal of importance on the sun. Some tribes of these Germanic peoples invaded England in the 500's or so. They were known as the Angles and the Saxons. The old English work was "sunnandaeg" and it changed over time to become our current, "Sunday". \n\nThere are several holidays that are traditionally held on Sunday. Mother's Day (second Sunday in May) and Father's Day (third Sunday in June) began to be celebrated rather recently, 1914 and 1924 respectively. Easter is an ancient holiday that was officially designated by the Church in the year 325. Its position on the calendar has confused lay people for centuries. The date is calculated by taking the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after the 21st of March.
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The day Easter is is determined this way.  Easter always falls on the first Sunday following the First full moon after the spring equinox.
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"Keep Jesus Going"\nEaster is on the second Sunday of April 2007; you could have Easter-type celebrations each Sunday of the month.
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We celebrate it because it is the birth of Jesus Christ. We (Christians) also celebrate Easter because it was then that Jesus awoke from the dead, three days after He was crucified.
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this question would not be able to EVER be exact. Are you looking for people that celebrate religiously or are you looking for people who hunt for eggs. to be honest with you Easter started as a pagan holiday. eggs and bunnies have nothing to do with Christ, us Christians "moved" days around so the pagans would not have a holiday of theirs.
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Easter 2013\nWhen is Easter in the year 2013?\n\nWell, officially Easter Sunday 2013 will be:\n\nSunday 31 March 2013\nThat is according to the Western Catholic Church.\n\nThe Eastern Orthodox Church will celebrate Easter on the 5th May 2013 which is a particularly late Easter..
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Easter was a pagen holiday, for fertility. I know this is cliche, but have you ever heard the term "Multipling like rabbits"? Ergo - Bunnies. I am not entirely certain that is why the bunny is there, but I am certain easter was a fertility holiday.
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Easter is derived from an ancient Germanic name for the month of April, Eostremonat--or rather Eostre Month, in dedication to the goddess Eostre. Eostre, or Ostara was a German goddess of fertility and her return was marked by the coming of spring and the sun. The Ost in her name refers to the East--the rising of the sun. The rebirth of the day and the rebirth of the spring were her specialties, and her celebrations occured during the vernal equinox--the first day of spring. Of course calendar dates have gotten juggled about for quite a few different reasons over time and now April is no longer where it once was on the calendar at what is now March 21st.\n\nThe rabbit was a traditional symbol of the goddess because of its great fertility, and the fact that the coming of spring marked the time when all of the little bunnies were seen starting to be born.\n\nWhen Christianity became the predominant religion it was an easy transition to introduce the rebirth of the Christ figure into the already extant birth and rebirth tradition. Old ways die hard, and the bunny stuck around. \n\nAlthough there are several explanations for the eggs the Easter bunny brings, (other than eggs are another traditional symbol of birth/rebirth) the most likely is that eggs were forbidden during the fast of lent, and were decorated and eaten in abundance to mark the end of the fast.\n\nGerman protestants although breaking with Roman Catholocism liked the egg tradition and kept it. And when German immigrants came to America, they brought with them the traditions of the Osterhase (Easter hare) and his eggs.\n\nInasmuch as Christianity has stolen the ancient goddess' name for their own holiday, it seems only fitting that its original mascot still puts in an appearance each year.
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Easter is celebrated on the first sunday after the first full moon following the spring equonix. Because the jews used a lunar calander, we use a lunar calender, too.