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Re:From Julian to Gregorian Calendar by RightMillennial on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @11:18AM (#15073229)
At least in the U.S., the Antiochian and Greek Orthodox churches primarily use the Gregorian calendar (e.g., Christmas is on Dec. 25). However, Pascha and its related feasts are still determined using the Julian calendar which happened to fall on the same day as the Western Easter this year (Apr. 16).
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Re:From Julian to Gregorian Calendar by greglindahl on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @01:31PM (#15074607)
Christians agree that Easter is computed using a lunar calendar, however, various sects use different methods for computing lunar leap months. Passover is also on the lunar calendar.
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Re:From Julian to Gregorian Calendar by Mikeb85 on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @02:52PM (#15075333)
Easter (or Pascha/some derivative as it's called in most non-English countries - which comes from Passover) is basically Passover + a bunch of days (remember the story of the Crucifixion then Resurrection).
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Re:From Julian to Gregorian Calendar by RightMillennial on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @06:35PM (#15076963)
My mistake. For some reason I was thinking there was still some component of the Julian calendar used with the calculation even though it is lunar based.
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