Happy Easter!

[ChuckRM]

My wife and I celebrated Easter today - a cultural compromise.
Orthodox Easter is still a couple of weeks away.

We did the Easter basket routine, yesterday.  We colored some eggs.  They do that in Russia, too.  We got a chocolate bunny and some jelly beans for the Easter basket.  That was the American contribution.  My wife made some Russian Easter cakes.  So we had both American stuff and Russian stuff in our Easter basket.  My wife says that they don't have chocolate bunnies and jelly beans in her home town (Omsk).  She liked them.

My wife says that in Russia the custom is to make the Easter cakes and color the eggs on Good Friday, take the cakes and the eggs to church for the priest to bless on Saturday, and eat them on Sunday.

Are any of you married guys celebrating today or will you wait for Orthodox Easter?

[John K]

... in response to Happy Easter!, posted by ChuckRM on Mar 31, 2002

My wife's grandmother says that Easter in Ukraine will be sometime at the end of May.  Anyone actually have a more definite date on this?  Just curious.

[RW]

... in response to Orthodox Easter, posted by John K on Apr 1, 2002

n/t

[Natalya]

... in response to Orthodox Easter, posted by John K on Apr 1, 2002

Russian Orthodox Easter usually 1 week behind Catholic. So this year it is on Sunday April 7.

[Del]

... in response to Re: Orthodox Easter, posted by Natalya on Apr 1, 2002

22nd of April Julian calendar
5th of May Gregorian calendar

[Natalya]

... in response to Re: Re: Orthodox Easter, posted by Del on Apr 1, 2002

Ok, I think I need some help here. Can anybody refer me to website where you had found information on Orthodox Easter on May 5th?Thank you

[Del]

... in response to Re: Re: Re: Orthodox Easter, posted by Natalya on Apr 1, 2002

http://www.smart.net/~mmontes/ec-cal.html

[Philb]

... in response to Here Natalya...., posted by Del on Apr 1, 2002

How the Orthodox Church determines 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.