Comments on: The Date of Easter http://pursiful.com/2008/02/the-date-of-easter/ Darrell Pursiful's blog Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:53:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anastasia Theodoridis http://pursiful.com/2008/02/the-date-of-easter/comment-page-1/#comment-856 Anastasia Theodoridis Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:46:54 +0000 http://pursiful.com/?p=611#comment-856 The method used by the Orthodox, the Nicene method, is actually so complicated it takes a whole brochure to explain it. My priest once gave me one and I gave up. I wasn't interested enough to make give it the huge effort it required. Anyway, tying Pascha to Passover, while avoiding to celebrate it *during* Passover, was one of the dating criteria of major importance to the Nicene Fathers. If keeping it as a Springtime festival was a consideration in making the change (as I'm told it was), the Pope apparently forgot to consider the Southern Hemisphere. The method used by the Orthodox, the Nicene method, is actually so complicated it takes a whole brochure to explain it. My priest once gave me one and I gave up. I wasn’t interested enough to make give it the huge effort it required.

Anyway, tying Pascha to Passover, while avoiding to celebrate it *during* Passover, was one of the dating criteria of major importance to the Nicene Fathers.

If keeping it as a Springtime festival was a consideration in making the change (as I’m told it was), the Pope apparently forgot to consider the Southern Hemisphere.

]]> By: D. P. http://pursiful.com/2008/02/the-date-of-easter/comment-page-1/#comment-855 D. P. Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:57:25 +0000 http://pursiful.com/?p=611#comment-855 Actually, I would be very comfortable if Easter were simply declared to fall on the Sunday after Passover. Actually, I would be very comfortable if Easter were simply declared to fall on the Sunday after Passover.

]]> By: Anne http://pursiful.com/2008/02/the-date-of-easter/comment-page-1/#comment-854 Anne Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:34:11 +0000 http://pursiful.com/?p=611#comment-854 Then if you really want to stir things up, we could always go back to letting the Bishop of Alexandria declare the date and send the rest of Christendom a letter ... Then if you really want to stir things up, we could always go back to letting the Bishop of Alexandria declare the date and send the rest of Christendom a letter …

]]>