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How to calculate the Easter date?

Quite a number of times, my non-Christian friends asked me how to calculate the date of Easter. As a Christian, I was supposed to know it, they expected. However, every time I encountered this question, my answer was "I don't know". To me, the true meaning of Easter is far more important than the date, so I did not bother to search for the answer.

Today, I was asked the same question again but this time, I felt a bit ashame. How come being a Christian for over 10 years, I still could not answer this simple question? Suddenly, I realized that all these years, I had been making excuses for my laziness. Late is better than never. Immediately after I went home, I looked for the answer in the internet and got a really comprehensive one from the hyperlink below: http://staff.ccss.edu.hk/jckleung/xue_qu/calendar/calendar_3.html

Simply put, Easter is on the first Sunday after a full moon on or after 21 March. And 21 March is the date of Spring Equinox (「春分」).

Excitingly, I emailed this interesting piece of knowledge to my friends together with a few lines explaining Jesus Christ's resurrection. I prayed that my friends' thinking of Easter connects more to Jesus Christ's resurrection than to chocolate eggs and bunnies.

張貼者：Jo Fung @ 晚上10:06