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When Is Easter? 2012 Easter Sunday Dates
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The Easter dates supplied below are dates used by the western Christian churches.
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Date |
Ash Wednesday |
Palm Sunday |
Good Friday |
When Is Easter Sunday... |
| 2012 |
February 22 |
April 1, 2012 |
April 6, 2012 |
April 8, 2012 |
| 2013 |
February 13 |
March 24, 2013 |
March 29, 2013 |
March 31, 2013 |
| 2014 |
March 5 |
April 13, 2014 |
April 18, 2014 |
April 20, 2014 |
| 2015 |
February 18 |
March 29, 2015 |
April 3, 2015 |
April 5, 2015 |
| 2016 |
February 10 |
March 20, 2016 |
March 25, 2016 |
March 27, 2016 |
| 2017 |
March 1 |
April 9, 2017 |
April 14, 2017 |
April 16, 2017 |
| 2018 |
February 14 |
March 25, 2018 |
March 30, 2018 |
April 1, 2018 |
| 2019 |
March 6 |
April 14, 2019 |
April 19, 2019 |
April 21, 2019 |
| 2020 |
February 26 |
April 5, 2020 |
April 10, 2020 |
April 12, 2020 |
| 2021 |
February 17 |
March 28, 2021 |
April 2, 2021 |
April 4, 2021 |
| 2022 |
March 2 |
April 10, 2022 |
April 15, 2022 |
April 17, 2022 |
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Today in Western Christianity, Easter Day is always celebrated on the Sunday following the Paschal Full Moon date of the year. The early church fathers wished to keep Easter Sunday in correlation with the Jewish Passover. Because the death,
burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ occurred after the Passover, they wanted Easter Sunday to always be celebrated following the Passover. So, since the Jewish calendar is comprised on solar and lunar cycles, each Easter day is movable, with variable
Easter dates each year.
The celebration of Passover took place just
prior to the Crucifixion & Resurrection of Christ, the two holidays have been
intertwined from the outset in the word Pasch, which originally meant Passover,
arose to mean Easter as well.
Passover, which is Pesach in Hebrew, the holiday celebrating the Hebrews exodus from slavery in Egypt,
lasts 7 days in Israel and amongst reform Jews, and 8 days else where around the world. It begins on the
fifthteenth day of Nisan, which is the 7th month of the Jewish calendar. It
concludes on the 21st of Nisan in Israel, and on the 22nd of Nisan elsewhere. Since Hebrew days
commence and conclude at sundown, Passover begins at sundown on the day before.
How is Easter calculated? By the first Sunday after the paschal full moon which occurs on or after the vernal equinox.
When the full moon falls on a Sunday, then Easter is on the following Sunday. The
Easter holiday can occur anywhere between March 22 and April 25.
The Western church does not use the de facto, or astronomically accurate date for the vernal equinox, but
by a fixed date of March 21. And by full moon it does not entail the astronomical full moon, but the "ecclesiastical moon," which is
supported by tables created by the church. The calendar allows the date of Easter to be calculated in advance, rather than
being ascertained by actual astronomical observances, which are less predictable.
Now you know, when is Easter, the Easter dates for the coming year, how the date
of Easter is determined each year, and when is Easter Sunday.
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