What month and day is Easter 2019 calculated
4hw.com.cn: Easter in 2019 is coming soon. Easter is a western festival and the day of the rebirth of Jesus Christ in a few years. What month is Easter in 2019? How is Easter calculated? Let's have a look.
Easter in 2019: Sunday, April 21, 2019
Easter calculation method
Easter is held on the first Sunday after the full moon of the spring equinox every year, because after the spring equinox, the days and nights in the northern hemisphere begin to be long and short - light is greater than darkness. When the moon is full, it is not only full of light in the day, but also shining (Moonlight) on the dark night. Roman Emperor Constantine I convened the first Nicaea Council in 325 AD and stipulated that Easter is Sunday. Because Sunday is regarded by the church as the day of Jesus' death and resurrection, Easter is held on the first Sunday after the full moon of the spring equinox every year.
After March 21 every year, the first Sunday after the full moon is Easter. However, the method of calculating Easter has been very complex since ancient times. The Latin word computus (calculation) refers specifically to the method of calculating Easter. The calculations of the Roman Church and the Orthodox Church are also slightly different, so that Easter can occur on different days in the East and West. In 1997, when the international universal Church Association held a meeting in Syria, it proposed to reform the way of calculating Easter and to unify the Easter of eastern and Western churches, but so far most countries have not followed.