Hello.

I have a question about Good Friday and Easter. From what I understand, Good Friday is the day the Jesus died and Easter was the day he rose from the dead. Looking at the calender, it never falls on the same day. It makes sense to me that if someone dies on a day, that day never changes, just like a person is born on a day that that day never changes. So how is it that Easter can possibly change each year?

Moe_Munnay

Good Friday commemorates the day of Jesus' death. Easter Sunday commemorates the day of his resurrection. They are not the days on which these events happened. The days are three days apart because Jesus rose on the third day after he died. Thus, the events are celebrated, not the days.

But a question for you: if the Church wants to celebrate an event on the nth week of every year, which changes the particular date from year to year, rather than on a particular day, what's the problem?

Moe

crossbowchic

Hello and thanks for your answer.

I didn't mean to offend you or state my question in such a way.  I was simply curious because it did not make sense to me.  I didn't understand that it was a commemoration, as you put it and not the actual day.  I don't have a problem with the church changing dates each year, I was simply trying to understand other point of view in the world around me. So then does anyone know how the particular date was chosen?

Sorry for the confusion

labman

Easter is tied not to the actual date, but to the Jewish Passover. I don't remember the details, but the Passover is tied to the Jewish calendar and the moon. I think the date can vary the full 28 days of a lunar cycle.

Moe_Munnay

Crossbow:

No offense taken. It just seemed to me as though you thought the practice was problematic in some way. I see now that I was mistaken about that. Hopefully my and labman's answer helped you a bit.

Moe

Morgaine

Eastern was celebrated long before cristianity excisted. It is a pre-cristian day to celebrate vertility. Symbolic things like eating eggs, the collour yellow, litle chicks, all symbolise and celebrate vertility.
The church found it impossible to forbid these celebrations so the "adopted" it and made it a christian thing. But it all comes from a pre-christian celebration named Ostara. This is why the date for eastern is calculated on a moonbased calender.

Greetings from Morgaine.

Wangdoodle

Easter Sunday is the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox

Will144

Ok. First of all, Passover date never changes. It's the 14th day of the 1st month according to the Sacred calendar. And the feasts that people celebrate such as "Easter" are not in the bible. Resurrection, however, is in the bible, but not Easter. The so called "Christianits" hold to their own teachings and not the teachings of Jesus Christ. For if they did, they would keep The Passover, The Feast of Unleavened Bread, Feast of Tabernacles, etc, etc. After all, they have a lot to do with the 7 Thunders which only the root of David can open, and has opened But no one follow these. Have you ever wondered "How come?!" NO Church has authority to change the dates of the Feasts of God as they do nowadays. There is a specific day where each feast falls on. For example, The Feast of Pentecost is celebrated 50 Days after resurrection. So let's say it falls on a Tuesday, it should not be celebrated on the following Sunday to make it convenient to people because it's whatever God says, not what people say