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== Date of Resurrection Sunday ==

== Date of Resurrection Sunday ==

Resurrection Sunday doesn't fall on a fixed date in the calendar. Instead, it is based on a lunar calendar like that used by the Jews. At the [[Council of Nicaea]] in 325 AD it was decided that Resurrection Sunday would be celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after the day of the vernal equinox. The date of the [[full moon]] was to be determined by using the Metonic Cycle. Eastern Orthodox Churches still use the Julian calendar when determining the date of Resurrection Sunday and thus have a different date for the celebration.

Resurrection Sunday doesn't fall on a fixed date in the calendar. Instead, it is based on a lunar calendar like that used by the Jews. At the [[Council of Nicaea]] in 325 AD it was decided that Resurrection Sunday would be celebrated on the first Sunday after the first [[full moon]] on or after the day of the March Equinox.<ref>The March Equinox is known as the Spring (or Vernal) Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere, and the Autumnal Equinox in the Southern Hemisphere.  (An equinox is the instant in time when the plane of the Earth's Equator passes through the geometric center of the Sun's disk, and only occurs in March and September.)</ref>

 

The date on which the first full moon was to be determined by using the Metonic Cycle, a period of approximately 19 years when the phases of the Moon recur at the same time.

 

Eastern Orthodox Churches still use the Julian calendar when determining the date of Resurrection Sunday and thus have a different date for the celebration.

'''{{before on after|2021|04|04|The next Resurrection Sunday will be on April 4, 2021.|Resurrection Sunday is today, April 4, 2021.|{{before on after|2022|04|17|The next Resurrection Sunday will be on April 17, 2022.|Resurrection Sunday is today, April 17, 2022.|{{before on after|2023|04|09|The next Resurrection Sunday will be on April 9, 2023.|Resurrection Sunday is today, April 9, 2023.|{{before on after|2024|03|31|The next Resurrection Sunday will be on March 31, 2024.|Resurrection Sunday is today, March 31, 2024.| }}}}}}}}'''

'''{{before on after|2021|04|04|The next Resurrection Sunday will be on April 4, 2021.|Resurrection Sunday is today, April 4, 2021.|{{before on after|2022|04|17|The next Resurrection Sunday will be on April 17, 2022.|Resurrection Sunday is today, April 17, 2022.|{{before on after|2023|04|09|The next Resurrection Sunday will be on April 9, 2023.|Resurrection Sunday is today, April 9, 2023.|{{before on after|2024|03|31|The next Resurrection Sunday will be on March 31, 2024.|Resurrection Sunday is today, March 31, 2024.| }}}}}}}}'''