Ok...so shouldn’t Orthodox Easter be at the start of Passover, as per the Gospels?
IOW, it seems Passover drives Easter, not the calendar.
I understand Russian Christmas and the like...my mother was RO but we celebrated Catholic. So I have some understanding but this one always puzzled me.
See this explanation for the calendar difference.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3277626/posts
“my mother was RO but we celebrated Catholic.”
The happy medium?: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/10899178/Plight-of-Russians-who-are-Catholic.html