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- From: matt@amsaa-cleo.brl.mil (Matt Rosenblatt)
- Newsgroups: sci.math
- Subject: Re: Calendar (NEW) -- CORRECTION
- Keywords: Vernal Equinox
- Message-ID: <8776@amsaa-cleo.brl.mil>
- Date: 28 Aug 92 13:16:53 GMT
- References: <1992Aug23.152310.1@tnclus.tele.nokia.fi> <1992Aug24.191238.20599@linus.mitre.org> <8708@amsaa-cleo.brl.mil>
- Organization: U.S. ARMY MATERIEL SYSTEMS ANALYSIS ACTIVITY (AMSAA), APG, MD.
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- In article <8708@amsaa-cleo.brl.mil> I wrote:
-
- >In article <1992Aug24.191238.20599@linus.mitre.org>
- >chaloux@accordion.mitre.org (Dave Chaloux) writes:
-
- ->The celebration of the
- ->resurrection is commonly linked to the celebration of the Passover.
- ->It should also be noted that not all sects of Christianity make
- ->this connection at the same time. [Dave Chaloux]
-
- >This, too, is right, which is why they have "Russian Easter" in the
- >Orthodox Church. In the West, Easter Sunday usually does indeed
- >fall close to the Passover. But not *too* close: the "Easter Rule"
- >ensures that if the 15th day of Nisan -- the first Full Moon after
- >the Vernal Equinox -- occurs on a Sunday, Easter itself will be
- >relocated to another Sunday. In this way, the rule keeps the
- >celebration of the resurrection from coinciding with the beginning
- >of the Jewish Passover feast. [Matt Rosenblatt]
-
- When I heard this, it sounded plausible, so I believed it. But it
- turns out to be incorrect. Mr. John Harper of New Zealand was kind
- enough to notify me that Easter Sunday can indeed coincide with the
- first day of the Passover. Indeed, this has happened as recently as
- April 19, 1981.
-
- -- Matt Rosenblatt
- (matt@amsaa.brl.mil)
-