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Easter is early this year

Author is unknown but information is interesting.

 I've been doing some research for my sermon Sunday, realizing how early Easter is this year.

As you may have heard me say, Easter is always the 1st Sunday after the 1st full moon after

the Spring Equinox (which is March 20). 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.

Found out a couple of things you might be interested in.  Based on the above, Easter can actually

be one day earlier (March 22) but that is pretty rare.

Here's the interesting info. This year is the earliest Easter any of us will ever see the rest of our

lives! And only the most elderly of our population have ever seen it this early (95 years old or above!).

And none of us have ever, or will ever, see it a day earlier! Here's the facts:

1) 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 (so if you're 95 or older, you are the only ones that were

around for that!).

2) 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. So, no one alive today has or will ever see it any earlier

than this year!

Marilyn~at Heritage Hill Homestead

hi

{ 12:24, Saturday, March 8, 2008 } { Posted by TheGoodLife }

I didn't know that - well fancy that - I can share that at the dinner table tonight.

Love Leanne