Posted on 04/30/2005 10:59:48 PM PDT by Kolokotronis
http://goarch.org/en/multimedia/quicktime/Christ_is_risen.asp
Christ Is Risen PING!
That's beautiful! Did you write it? It's wonderful, really.
I'm full of questions tonight, here's another: why is Orthodox Easter so much later than Roman (however one should say it) Easter this year?
"That's beautiful! Did you write it? It's wonderful, really"
Good heavens, no. It was given by St. John Chrysostomos on Pascha in Constantinople more than 1600 years ago.
Christos Sanesti.
Oh yes, I realized that after I posted my comment! Sorry, for the error, but keep the compliment for yourself anyway, great post! make it. But you haven't explained the divergence in the dates of Easter, I'm still very confused about that. It is over one month's difference, can you explain it?
I'm like, the most annoying person on this thread, sorry.
But I thought Easter was determined by the equinox, or somesuch, I'm surprised it could vary so much. It was ridiculously early this year, for "us", I think the Orthodox folks had it right this time.
St. John of the Golden Mouth, indeed -- even in translation!
I got my information regarding the differences in the two Easters when I was going to Sunday schools, but I may be mistaken in thois regard. It may be that the Catholic and Protestant Churches use the equinox to determine the time of Easter and this may be what the Julian calender is based on.
"It may be that the Catholic and Protestant Churches use the equinox to determine the time of Easter..."
Ah! I hadn't thought of that.
Well, I'm not sure if you are right or wrong about Easter, but your tagline is 100% correct!
Orthodoxy calculates Pascha as occuring on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Vernal Equinox calculated by the Julian calendar but always after Passover. The standard was set by the First Ecumenical Council in 325 AD. Time for bed!
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/easter.html
I had in reverse, it is the Catholic/Protestant Churches that follows the Gregorian Calender, and the Orthodox follow the Julian Calender. I apologize for the mistake :)
Indeed, He has risen!
I go pass out now.
Alithos Anesti, my dear brother in Christ!!
Christ is Risen!! Love to you, my brother in Christ!!
Christ is Risen!!!
Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death and upon those in the tombs bestowing life.
happy easter marmema
Thus, sometimes our Pascha is the same Sunday as Western Easter, but it is never earlier. As to how often that happens, it varies a lot. Sometimes it will happen several times in a decade, other times there will be a longer period between it falling on the same date.
It was set by the 1st Council of Nicea, thus when a number of the Orthodox churches changed to the Gregorian calendar (technically a "revised Julian calendar,") no church changed the calculation of Pascha, and we all celebrate it together, with a couple of vey minor exceptions in Finland and one of the Netherlands' jurisdictions, where the observance is apparently mandated by the state to coincide with the Western Easter. (Never did understand that one.)
Anyway, it's 4 AM, I just got home, and am still running on adrenaline. I remarked to my college-age son as we were driving home: "big night!" To which he responded: "Yeah, and it seems to get bigger every year..."
It's like Christmas, Easter, New Year's, and the 4th of July rolled into one... and then some.
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