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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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