Why Are There Two Easters?

 Why Are There Two Easters?

Sources for Easter Calendar (and podcast notes)

“Why Orthodox and Catholic Easter Are on Different Days,” by John Smith, Greek Reporter, April 16, 1922 https://greekreporter.com/2023/04/02/why-orthodox-western-easter-different-dates-greece/

“Why Do Orthodox Christians Celebrate Easter on a Different?” by Fr. James Krueger, March 20, 2021, Cloud-Bearing Mtn Christian Retreat & Training Center https://cbmountain.org/use-of-the-julian-calendar-in-a-western-rite-orthodox-church/

“Orthodox Easter: Why Are There Two Easters?” BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/48067272

“Why is Easter Different for the Orthodox Church,” April 2022, Greek City Times https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/04/19/why-is-easter-different-for-the-orthodox-church/?amp

“Celebrating Greek Easter Adheres to a Different Calendar,” by Geoff Forester, 5/1/21, Concord Monitor https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/04/19/why-is-easter-different-for-the-orthodox-church/?amp

“Catholics and Orthodox Are Closer Than Ever to a Common Date for Easter,” by Ines Murzaku, 4/22/21, National Catholic Register https://www.ncregister.com/blog/common-date-for-easter

“Western and Eastern Easter: Different Dates for the Same Holiday,” by Imanuel Marcus, 3/21/22, The Berlin Spectator https://berlinspectator.com/2022/03/21/western-and-eastern-easter-different-dates-for-same-holiday-4/

“Pope Tells Patriarch Catholics Are Ready for a Common Easter Date,” by Cindy Wooden, 11/21/22, National Catholic Reporter https://www.ncronline.org/vatican/vatican-news/pope-tells-patriarch-catholics-are-ready-common-easter-date

“The Dates of Easter Sunday,” by Panos Antsaklis, University of Notre Dame https://www3.nd.edu/~pantsakl/Archive/dateofeaster.pdf

“When Do Orthodox Easters Celebrate Easter,” by Metropolitan Makarios of Kenya, Orthodox Research Institute http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/articles/fasts_feasts/makarios_tillyrides_celebrate_easter.html

“The Date of Easter and Its Controversies,” by Hans J. Hillerbrand, Britannica https://www.britannica.com/topic/Easter-holiday

“Dating of Easter (Pascha) In the Orthodox Church,” by Dr. Lewis J. Patsavos, Prof of Canon Law at Holy Cross Orthodox School of Theology, Oct. 2001, Greek Orthodox Diocese of America https://www.goarch.org/documents/32058/2576322/faith_series-pascha.pdf/9408639f-84f1-4e79-8603-694ebb686107

“Dispelling Common Misconceptions About the Date of Pascha/Easter,” by John Fotopoulos, Assoc. Prof of New Testament at St. Mary’s College, Ind., Public Orthodoxy, April 2017 https://publicorthodoxy.org/2017/04/02/misperceptions-date-of-pascha/

“The Date of Easter?” by Dagmar Heller, The Ecumenical Review, 1996.  http://ezproxy.montclair.edu:2048/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/date-easter/docview/228613692/se-2?accountid=12536

Links

Why is Orthodox Easter Celebrated on a Different Date?

Calculating Easter/Pascha