Orthodox easter

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  • March 28, 2005 at 8:53 am #1000
    Anonymous
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    i have heard many Orthodox say that theyre date of easter is the true one is that true or??

    March 28, 2005 at 3:08 pm #3991
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    when is their Easter date? What’s the basis for them saying this?

    March 28, 2005 at 4:35 pm #3992
    Anonymous
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    their easter date this year is in begining of may month i dont know the exakt date but is allway after us catholics and protostans.i don know if all orthodox is like that.but the orthodox people i know have their easter after us and they say its the true date of easter.they are Oriental Orthodox .

    June 7, 2005 at 10:51 am #4976
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    Hi,

    Orthodox Easter (we usually call it Pascha) is not always after RC and Protestant Easter, just usually. Occasionally it falls on the same day.

    I, obviously, would say that our date for Pascha is the correct one – certainly it is the original one used by the undivided Church being based, as it is, on the Julian Church calendar and using the original tables for calculating the Paschal moon. The date used by RCs is calculated using revised tables and Gregorian dates. This was later also accepted by the Protestant churches but the RC paschalion was anathematised by several Orthodox synods and so all Orthodox, even New Calendar churches like mine, continue to use the original paschalion (with the sole exception of the Finnish church which some Orthodox consider heretical as a result).

    I’d also note that our date for Pascha is witnessed every year by the miracle of the Holy Fire in Jerusalem, which only ever occurs on Orthodox Pascha. Whether or not you choose to accept the miracle is up to you, but I certainly do and hope to see it myself one year.

    Hope this helps.

    James

    June 9, 2005 at 5:14 am #5034
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    Where can we find out more about this Holy Fire?

    June 9, 2005 at 8:01 am #5038
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    [quote:1459q9pe]Where can we find out more about this Holy Fire?[/quote:1459q9pe]

    You can find an article (written by a Protestant) here:

    [url:1459q9pe]http://orthodoxinfo.com/general/holyfire.aspx[/url:1459q9pe]

    and you can always try google for others.

    James

    June 9, 2005 at 1:09 pm #5040
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    [quote:3br88vwj]and you can always try google for others.[/quote:3br88vwj]
    I wanted a [i:3br88vwj]reliable[/i:3br88vwj] source, that’s why I asked. <img decoding=” title=”Very Happy” />

    June 9, 2005 at 2:24 pm #5042
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    [quote:2a2ps0cx][quote:2a2ps0cx]and you can always try google for others.[/quote:2a2ps0cx]
    I wanted a [i:2a2ps0cx]reliable[/i:2a2ps0cx] source, that’s why I asked. <img decoding=” title=”Very Happy” />[/quote:2a2ps0cx]

    Well there is a reliable source that I didn’t mention that is an entire website created by a Russian Orthodox guy. Unfortunately his English isn’t great and, despite my trying to help him correct it, not everything is all that readable – obviously I don’t get tons of time to help him. If you’re interested, though the website is:

    [url:2a2ps0cx]http://www.holyfire.org/eng/[/url:2a2ps0cx]

    Hope that helps.

    James

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