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Dating Easter II: The Good Friday Blizzard — 5 comments

Leo Peter O'Filon wrote 1 year ago: This was Pope Gregory XIII’s idea of Spring?  Even in Rome it’s a bit colder than usual … more →

Tags: eastern orthodox christianity, Orthodoxy, Orthodox Christianity, Old Calendar, gregorian calendar, Eastern Orthodoxy, julian calendar, Pascha, Easter

St. Patrick's Day and Dating Easter — 4 comments

Leo Peter O'Filon wrote 1 year ago: Tomorrow is March 17, the feast of St. Patrick of Armagh, Enlightener of Ireland.  Because it’ … more →

Tags: eastern orthodox christianity, Orthodoxy, Orthodox Christianity, Eastern Christianity, Old Calendar, gregorian calendar, Eastern Orthodoxy, julian calendar, Pascha

Easter catching up with Christmas? — 3 comments

Leo Peter O'Filon wrote 1 year ago: IIUC, some say one of the reasons for the adoption of the Gregorian calendar in the West starting in … more →

Tags: eastern orthodox christianity, calendars, Christmas, computus, Easter, Eastern Christianity, Eastern Orthodoxy, equinox, Fasting

Leap Day

Leo Peter O'Filon wrote 1 year ago: (And no, this late posting isn’t an example of it; I just read the story in my local newspaper … more →

Tags: eastern orthodox christianity, Orthodoxy, Orthodox Christianity, Old Calendar, gregorian calendar, Leap Year, leap day, leap year day, Christianity


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