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"-bwg" > wrote:

> 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.

It's okay. It's not a hanging offense but I'd hate for the
misinformation to be perpetuated and tucked away as useless trivia to be
resurrected <cough> at a later date by someone who would say, "I read
somewhere that Orthodox Easter blahblahblah."

If you ever get a chance to attend an Orthodox Easter vigil service,
take it! The faith is laden with ritual * and the best part of the
service, IMNSHO is a particular reading that the priest does * I have
posted it on my jamlady.eboard.com site * the note is A Prayer for Bob
Pastorio. I'll never be confused with a deeply pious person but I am a
woman of faith and I find the words beautiful and rich and full of
promise. As ever, YMMV. :-) It's a lovely read.

> Even better, maybe I should try not to talk about stuff I don't know.

Heck, Barry, why would any of us want to change at this late date! <g>
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