The Easter holiday moves each year because the actual Easter date is calculated by choosing the first Sunday after the full moon following the spring equinox.
This was originally decided in the year 325AD, at the Council of Nicaea (present-day Iznik in Turkey). The great Roman Emperor Constantine I assembled the early Christian leaders from across Europe and the Middle East together to fix matters of doctrine and dates of important Christian events such as the date of the Easter festival. Since then Easter has been celebrated on this moving calendar.
Easter marks the Resurrection of Jesus three days after his Crucifixion. Sandwiched between the 40 preparatory days of Lenten penitence and the seven weeks of Eastertide, it is the most important and most joyous holiday on the Christian calendar
The Easter timeline :-
- Shrove Tuesday
- Ash Wednesday (the first day of lent)
- Lent ( 40 days excluding sundays)
- Holy Week - the last week of lent consisting of: Palm Sunday, Maunday Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday.
- Easter Sunday
- Easter Monday
- Eastertide ( the 50 days leading up to Pentecost)
- Pentecost
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