EASTER DAY.
A correspondent furnishes a few particulars concerning Easter Day, to a contemporary, which are of interest, “Easter Day (Sunday) falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Vernal Equinox March 21, and the earliest date on which it can fall in any year is March 22, although it
is a long time ago since it fell on this date, viz., 1818. The only occasions since the year 1800 that Easter Day has fallen on March 23 were in 1845 and 1856 (Eeap Year), and the year 1799 was the last occasion on which Easter Day fell on March 24, and not until the year 1940 (Eeap Year) will this occur again. Until 1752, the “old style” of year computation prevailed, under which years were reckoned to begin on March 25. The latest possible date on which Easter Day falls is April 25, and the last time this took place was 1886, and the next time will be in 1948. Easter is observed in the Romish, Greek, Anglican, Lutheran, and other branches of the Christian Church, The English name comes Irom the Anglo-Saxon ‘Eastre,’ a goddess of light, or spring, whose festival was celebrated in April.”
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1071, 4 March 1913, Page 2
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201EASTER DAY. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1071, 4 March 1913, Page 2
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