By Mike Rakszawski
I found this information really interesting about Easter. It is adopted from the latest post to “Cor Ad Cor Loquitur,” the electronic newsletter for Catholic Campus Ministry at Bucknell University.
Easter is always the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Spring Equinox. This dating of Easter is based on the lunar calendar that Hebrew people used to identify Passover, which is why it moves around on our Roman calendar.
The next time Easter will be this early (March 23) will be the year 2228 (220 years from now). The last time it was this early was 1913.
Based on the above, Easter can actually be one day earlier (March 22) but this is pretty rare. The next time it will be a day earlier, March 22, will be in the year 2285 (277 years from now). The last time it was on March 22 was 1818.
Wishing you all a joyful Easter!
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