Pope Sends Easter Greetings to Eastern Churches

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Includes Appeal for Dialogue Toward Christian Unity

VATICAN CITY, APRIL 27, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI urged the continuation of dialogue toward Christian unity when sending greetings to the Eastern Churches that are celebrating Easter ...

The Council of Nicaea established that the day of Easter should fall on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the vernal equinox. The difference of dates for the Catholic and Orthodox Churches is due to fact that they follow different calendars.

The Catholic Church, following the Gregorian calendar, normally celebrates Easter earlier than the Eastern Churches, which are mainly Orthodox, that follow the Julian calendar. Last year the two coincided with the celebration of Easter on April 8.

The next time Easter coincides for the two Churches will be April 4, 2010

http://www.zenit.org/article-22430?l=english

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1. Thank you for posting this under religion.

All those Rev. Wright posts belong here. Unless of-course he is running for public office.