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PASCHAL CALENDAR


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2004 -2013
 
                     
 
 
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Zacchaeus Sunday
Jan
25

Feb
13

Feb
5
Jan
21
Feb
10
Feb
1
Jan
17
Feb
6
Jan
29
Feb
17
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PUBLICAN and PHARISEE
Beginning of the Lenten Triodion
Feb
1
Feb
20
Feb
12
Jan
28
Feb
17
Feb
8
Jan
24
Feb
13
Feb
5
Feb
24
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
MEATFARE
Sunday
Feb
15
Mar
6
Feb
26
Feb
11
Mar
2
Feb
22
Feb
7
Feb
27
Feb
19
Mar
10
 
 
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
CHEESEFARE
(Forgiveness Sunday)
Feb
22
Mar
13
Mar
5
Feb
18
Mar
9
Mar
1
Feb
14
Mar
6
Feb
26
Mar
17
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Beginning of Great Lent
Feb
23
Mar 14
Mar
6
Feb
19
Mar
10

Mar
2

Mar
15
Mar
7
Feb
27
Mar
18
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PALM SUNDAY
Apr
4
Apr
24
Apr
16
Apr
1
Apr
20
Apr
12
Mar
28
Apr
17
Apr
8
Apr
28
 
 
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
PASCHA (Easter)
Beginning of the Pentecostarion
Apr
11
May
1
Apr
23
Apr
8
Apr
27
Apr
19
Apr
4
Apr
24
Apr
15
May
5
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ASCENSION
May
20
Jun
9
Jun
1
May
17
Jun
5
May
28
May
13
Jun
2
May
24
Jun
13
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PENTECOST
May
30
Jun
19
Jun
11
May
27
Jun
15
Jun
7
May
23
Jun
12
Jun
3
Jun
23
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
St. PETER and PAUL fast begins
Jun
7
Jun
27
Jun
19
Jun
4
Jun
23
Jun
15
May
31
Jun
20
Jun
11
Jun
25
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Length of Fast:
22 days
2
days
10 days
25 days
6
days
14 days
29
days
9
days
18
days
4
days
 
 
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
 
Western Easter
Apr
11
Mar
27
Apr
16
Apr
8
Mar
23
Apr
12
Apr
4
Apr
24
Apr
8
Mar
31
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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PASCHALIA

About determinating  the date of Easter

The determination of the date of Easter is governed by a computation based on the vernal equinox and the phase of the moon. According to the ruling of the First Ecumenical Synod in 325, Easter Sunday should fall on the Sunday which follows the first full moon after the vernal equinox. If the full moon happens to fall on a Sunday, Easter is observed the following Sunday. The day taken to be the invariable date of the vernal equinox is March 21.

The difference in the determination of Easter between the Orthodox and other Christian Churches concerns the date of Passover. Jews originally celebrated Passover on the first full moon following the vernal equinox. Christians, therefore, celebrated Easter on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the vernal equinox. After the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. and the other tragic events, which gave rise to the dispersal of the Jews, Passover sometimes preceded the vernal equinox. This was occasioned by the dependence of the dispersed Jews upon local pagan calendars for the calculation of Passover. As a consequence, most Christians eventually ceased to regulate the observance of Easter by the Jewish Passover. Their purpose, of course, was to preserve the original practice of celebrating Easter following the vernal equinox.

As an alternative to calculating Easter by the Passover, "paschal (Easter) cycles" were devised. The Orthodox Church eventually adopted a 19-year cycle, the Western Church an 84-year cycle. The use of two different "paschal cycles" inevitably gave way to differences between the Eastern and Western Churches regarding the observance of Easter. Varying dates for the vernal equinox increased these differences. Consequently, it is the combination of these variables, which accounts for the different date of Orthodox Easter, whenever it varies from the rest of Christendom.