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The Date of Easter
- Easter Sunday typically falls on a different
date each year.
- Easter is always the first Sunday after or on
the first full moon, after the spring (vernal) Equinox.
- The first Ecumenical Council was held at Nicea
in present-day Turkey in the year 325. It decreed that Easter would be celebrated
on the Sunday following the first full moon that occurred after the spring equinox
known as the "ecclesiastic moon".
- This retained a lunar connection as a sort of
'memory' of the Jewish calendar system, and ensured that the feast would be on a
Sunday. Because lunar phases occur independently of the solar year, this means
that there is a 'window' of several weeks during which Easter may be celebrated.
Easter Sunday being as early as March 22 and as late as April 25.
- The Eastern Orthodox churches does not to follow
the above definition and they determine Easter from the real full moon at the
longitude of Jerusalem.
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of Easter Sunday from 2000 - 2099 |
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April 23, 2000 |
April 20, 2025 |
April 10, 2050 |
April 7, 2075 |
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April 15, 2001 |
April 5, 2026 |
April 2, 2051 |
April 19, 2076 |
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March 31, 2002 |
March 28, 2027 |
April 21, 2052 |
April 11, 2077 |
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April 20, 2003 |
April 16, 2028 |
April 6, 2053 |
April 3, 2078 |
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April 11, 2004 |
April 1, 2029 |
March 29, 2054 |
April 23, 2079 |
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March 27, 2005 |
April 21, 2030 |
April 18, 2055 |
April 7, 2080 |
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April 16, 2006 |
April 13, 2031 |
April 2, 2056 |
March 30, 2081 |
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April 8, 2007 |
March 28, 2032 |
April 22, 2057 |
April 19, 2082 |
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March 23, 2008 |
April 17, 2033 |
April 14, 2058 |
April 4, 2083 |
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April 12, 2009 |
April 9, 2034 |
March 30, 2059 |
March 26, 2084 |
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April 4, 2010 |
March 25, 2035 |
April 18, 2060 |
April 15, 2085 |
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April 24, 2011 |
April 13, 2036 |
April 10, 2061 |
March 31, 2086 |
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April 8, 2012 |
April 5, 2037 |
March 26, 2062 |
April 20, 2087 |
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March 31, 2013 |
April 25, 2038 |
April 15, 2063 |
April 11, 2088 |
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April 20, 2014 |
April 10, 2039 |
April 6, 2064 |
April 3, 2089 |
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April 5, 2015 |
April 1, 2040 |
March 29, 2065 |
April 16, 2090 |
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March 27, 2016 |
April 21, 2041 |
April 11, 2066 |
April 8, 2091 |
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April 16, 2017 |
April 6, 2042 |
April 3, 2067 |
March 30, 2092 |
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April 1, 2018 |
March 29, 2043 |
April 22, 2068 |
April 12, 2093 |
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April 21, 2019 |
April 17, 2044 |
April 14, 2069 |
April 4, 2094 |
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April 12, 2020 |
April 9, 2045 |
March 30, 2070 |
April 24, 2095 |
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April 4, 2021 |
March 25, 2046 |
April 19, 2071 |
April 15, 2096 |
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April 17, 2022 |
April 14, 2047 |
April 10, 2072 |
March 31, 2097 |
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April 9, 2023 |
April 5, 2048 |
March 26, 2073 |
April 20, 2098 |
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March 31, 2024 |
April 18, 2049 |
April 15, 2074 |
April 12, 2099 |
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