On Apr 2, 5:01 pm, Melba's Jammin' > wrote:
> In article .com>,
>
> "-bwg" > wrote:
> <ahem> That's generally referred to as Western (Christian) and Orthodox
> Easter. Barry. <grin> Protestants and Catholics do the day on the
> same schedule; the Orthodox date varies.
>
> And whoever gave you the every four years thing is full of hrutka and
> kolbasa. "-) There's no pattern that I can readily discern as far as
> how frequently they coincide. It is not, however, every four years.
> Sometimes it's 11. Sometimes 3. Sometimes 1. Sometimes other. What I
> can tell you is that one of the factors that is part of calculating the
> date for Orthodox Easter is that it *always* comes after the start of
> Passover. Both Western and Orthodox also consider the spring equinox in
> the calculation. The dates themselves can be anywhere from concurrent
> to, I believe, 5 weeks apart.
>

Thanks for setting me straight. I'll try to get it straight next time.
Even better, maybe I should try not to talk about stuff I don't know.

> You're welcome. "-)
>
> I couldn't find any lamb shanks around here; I'm thinking I'll be
> looking in a Halal market or one that caters to Middle Eastern
> preferences and desirables.
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