wheres the pies Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 can any one please tell me why easter is on a different date each year unlike say christmas get slightly confused as Easter changes each year so perhaps some kind person on here could maybe explain that one cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Endell Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 It's a moveable feast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasMc1973 Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 (edited) depends how well the profits have been for nestle and cadbury...last year was poor so they brought it forward into the same tax year more important though does anyone these days know what they are celebrating? Edited April 1, 2015 by JasMc1973 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 It's to do with the moon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
At U Peter Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 can any one please tell me why easter is on a different date each year unlike say christmas get slightly confused as Easter changes each year so perhaps some kind person on here could maybe explain that one cheers Christmas doesn't have to fall on a Sunday whereas Easter Sunday does would you believe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flure Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 (edited) There are two dates that I'll never forget. 1. Glasgow Fair Saturday falls on the Saturday in July whose day number ends with "teenth" 2. Easter is held on the first Sunday after the first full moon occurring on or after the vernal equinox. Easter is delayed by 1 week if the full moon is on a Sunday. Simple really. Edited April 1, 2015 by Flure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 can any one please tell me why easter is on a different date each year unlike say christmas get slightly confused as Easter changes each year so perhaps some kind person on here could maybe explain that one cheers That would be an ecumenical matter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 But seriously (ish)... can any one please tell me why easter is on a different date each year unlike say christmas get slightly confused as Easter changes each year so perhaps some kind person on here could maybe explain that one cheers if you mean why are they different - why one is fixed date (any day of week) while the other is fixed set of days of the week.... - good luck with that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Return of Yermaw Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 That would be an ecumenical matter Careful now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishcumnock Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 The easter bunny slept in through shaggin too much ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Col Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 because it's all made up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 my pure guess... 'Easter' was originally some pagan celebration that was hijacked by the Roman Catholic Church at some point in the ancient past. maybe originally to do with the spring equinox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheres the pies Posted April 1, 2015 Author Share Posted April 1, 2015 There are two dates that I'll never forget. 1. Glasgow Fair Saturday falls on the Saturday in July whose day number ends with "teenth" 2. Easter is held on the first Sunday after the first full moon occurring on or after the vernal equinox. Easter is delayed by 1 week if the full moon is on a Sunday. Simple really. thanks yes you are correct sir Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2010/apr/03/easter-pagan-symbolism In an ironic twist, the Cybele cult flourished on today's Vatican Hill. Cybele's lover Attis, was born of a virgin, died and was reborn annually. This spring festival began as a day of blood on Black Friday, rising to a crescendo after three days, in rejoicing over the resurrection. There was violent conflict on Vatican Hill in the early days of Christianity between the Jesus worshippers and pagans who quarrelled over whose God was the true, and whose the imitation. What is interesting to note here is that in the ancient world, wherever you had popular resurrected god myths, Christianity found lots of converts. So, eventually Christianity came to an accommodation with the pagan Spring festival. Although we see no celebration of Easter in the New Testament, early church fathers celebrated it, and today many churches are offering "sunrise services" at Easter – an obvious pagan solar celebration. The date of Easter is not fixed, but instead is governed by the phases of the moon – how pagan is that? All the fun things about Easter are pagan. Bunnies are a leftover from the pagan festival of Eostre, a great northern goddess whose symbol was a rabbit or hare. Exchange of eggs is an ancient custom, celebrated by many cultures. Hot cross buns are very ancient too. In the Old Testament we see the Israelites baking sweet buns for an idol, and religious leaders trying to put a stop to it. The early church clergy also tried to put a stop to sacred cakes being baked at Easter. In the end, in the face of defiant cake-baking pagan women, they gave up and blessed the cake instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flora MaDonald Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Cheers for that, Plinthy. There was a debate on the Wright Stuff about Easter eggs. Wright said they were Pagan, and others were arguing it was Chrisitan, i.e. rolling eggs down a hill symbolises the stone being rolled from the tomb, prompting Jesus's re-birth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Endell Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 As a Wickerman fan I'd definitely say its origins are pagan - symbol of the cycle of life, rebirth and all that jazz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDange Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilser Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 That would be an ecumenical matter Careful now. Down with this sort of thing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairbairn Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 can any one please tell me why easter is on a different date each year unlike say christmas get slightly confused as Easter changes each year so perhaps some kind person on here could maybe explain that one cheers Well Christmas is Jesus' birthday so they can't exactly move it can they! How would you like it if your birthday was a different date each year!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
in5omniac Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 I seem to remember being told when I was a child that the date of Easter was decided by the people at St Mary's Church in Whitby. Given I lived in Whitby at the time, I'm not so sure that's true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Easter is held on the first Sunday after the first full moon occurring on or after the vernal equinox. Easter is delayed by 1 week if the full moon is on a Sunday. Simple really. Aye that's it, to do with the Crucifixion taking place on the first full moon after Passover I believe the story goes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Aye that's it, to do with the Crucifixion taking place on the first full moon after Passover I believe the story goes... Was that a Sunday? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Crucifixion was on Good Friday... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 whens his actual brithday? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flora MaDonald Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 My maw said there's a bash at the Kirk tonight - what's that all about? In saying that, she just goes for a scrap with the Nawbags. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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