Happy Western Easter and Happy Eastern Palm Sunday!
knitter4democracy
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Sun Apr-16-06 12:18 PM
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| Happy Western Easter and Happy Eastern Palm Sunday! |
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May we all be joined together someday or at least on the same calendar. Christ is Risen!
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| shrike
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Sun Apr-16-06 01:24 PM
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| 1. Some of my favorite hymns are sung during passion week |
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Jesus Christ is Risen Today!, Were You There, Oh Sacred Head Surrounded. Only hear these during Holy Week. (I tend to be drawn to songs in the minor key.)
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| hedgehog
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Sun Apr-16-06 10:59 PM
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| 2. I can understand why the Eastern and Western calenders diverge |
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on Christmas because they both use December 25. But how does the Eastern Church determine Easter's date? The West used a lunar dating system for Easter, so I don't understand why the divergence would persist if the East is also using a lunar date. (1st Sunday after 1st full moon after the equinox.)
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| knitter4democracy
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Mon Apr-17-06 08:21 AM
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I know it is all based on the old calendar somehow, so some years we're seriously off, like a month later, even. I think it's explained on some Orthodox site somewhere.
Blessed Holy Monday
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