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im going for the one who as banned me least
tough call this.
ld calls it straight
ns is going to the Lincoln meet
so maybe who knows.after reading this, I pmd miss mp
and she very kindly gave me permission to pitch my tent in her back garden
also I will be loitering about the toby carvery about 9.pm
in anticipation of any doggy bags going spare
im not to bothered about going for a drink because I will be bringing a big flask of cider with me,plus a couple of cans of my home brew
not entirely sure when I will arrive,depends on how my hitchhiking goes
the reason for all thisof course is
money is to tight to mention
but rest assured I will try my damndest to get there.well you should know lucy(bridget)
@blossom‘ wrote:
Btw…Easter’s on March 31st this year :)
And as to why they keep moving it about (googled it, although I am Catholic and was taught why at school… :lol: bad memory though, guess I’m a candidate for Alzheimers :wink: ) .Short Answer
At the heart of the matter lies a very simple explanation. The early church fathers wished to keep the observance of Easter in correlation to the Jewish Passover. Because the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ happened after the Passover, they wanted Easter to always be celebrated subsequent to the Passover. And, since the Jewish holiday calendar is based on solar and lunar cycles, each feast day is movable, with dates shifting from year to year. Now, from here the explanation grows more complicated.
The Long Answer
Today in Western Christianity, Easter is always celebrated on the Sunday immediately following the Paschal Full Moon date of the year. I had previously, and somewhat erroneously stated, “Easter is always celebrated on the Sunday immediately following the first full moon after the vernal (spring) equinox.” This statement was true prior to 325 A.D.; however, over the course of history (beginning in 325 A.D. with the Council of Nicea), the Western Church decided to established a more standardized system for determining the date of Easter.In actuality, the date of the Paschal Full Moon is determined from historical tables, and has no correspondence to lunar events.
As astronomers were able to approximate the dates of all the full moons in future years, the Western Christian Church used these calculations to establish a table of Ecclesiastical Full Moon dates. These dates would determine the Holy Days on the Ecclesiastical calendar.
Though modified slightly from its original form, by 1583 A.D. the table for determining the Ecclesiastical Full Moon dates was permanently established and has been used ever since to determine the date of Easter. Thus, according to the Ecclesiastical tables, the Paschal Full Moon is the first Ecclesiastical Full Moon date after March 20 (which happened to be the vernal equinox date in 325 A.D.). So, in Western Christianity, Easter is always celebrated on the Sunday immediately following the Paschal Full Moon.
The Paschal Full Moon can vary as much as two days from the date of the actual full moon, with dates ranging from March 21 to April 18. As a result, Easter dates can range from March 22 through April 25 in Western Christianity.
Eastern vs. Western Easter Dates
Historically, Western churches used the Gregorian Calendar to calculate the date of Easter and Eastern Orthodox churches used the Julian Calendar. This was partly why the dates were seldom the same.Easter and its related holidays do not fall on a fixed date in either the Gregorian or Julian calendars, making them movable holidays. The dates, instead, are based on a lunar calendar very similar to the Hebrew Calendar.
While some Eastern Orthodox Churches not only maintain the date of Easter based on the Julian Calendar which was in use during the First Ecumenical Council of Nicea in 325 A.D., they also use the actual, astronomical full moon and the actual vernal equinox as observed along the meridian of Jerusalem. This complicates the matter, due to the inaccuracy of the Julian calendar, and the 13 days that have accrued since A.D. 325. This means, in order to stay in line with the originally established (325 A.D.) vernal equinox, Orthodox Easter cannot be celebrated before April 3 (present day Gregorian calendar), which was March 21 in A.D. 325.
Additionally, in keeping with the rule established by the First Ecumenical Council of Nicea, the Eastern Orthodox Church adhered to the tradition that Easter must always fall after the Jewish Passover, since the resurrection of Christ happened after the celebration of Passover. Eventually the Orthodox Church came up with an alternative to calculating Easter based on the Gregorian calendar and Passover, and developed a 19-year cycle, as opposed to the Western Church 84-year cycle.
Since the days of early church history, determining the precise date of Easter has been a matter for continued argument. For one, the followers of Christ neglected to record the exact date of Jesus’ resurrection. From then on the matter grew increasingly complex.
There’s more where this came from, if you’re interested.
well that’s cleared that up then :D thanks, I do love a woman that gets her teeth into a subject :D :) cheers blossy xx
who are you phong?,ive never heard of you
oh and p,s what are you talking about?
ahem,shush
GETTING BEATEN UP
im about to get my head beat in
and I cant defend myself
why pick on me?
its not good for my health
you think your hard you
and your trying to make me hard towell ta,but don’t bother mate
I hate you I really d
why don’t you pick on somebody your own size
your just a big bully that’s it
when you’ve finished with me
I hope I make you schit
I wish you had got up late
you wouldn’t have noticed me then
its not that im scared, im just a bit chicken
your getting me mad now,im gonna crack soon
any minute now,wait and see
hey what you doing with that spoon?
I wish I could speak
then id probably beg
but life is not so cosy
when you are only a poor little egg.yay :D
ok then gets coat bye
having met my friends gail (snugzzz) and tin
I am sure you will know tin how deeply upset I am
to hear this news
keep your chin up tinny
ring me anytime night or day
may the angels bless you snugzzz r,i,p xxxxoh goody a poem thread, may I put some of mine on, I can ok,well here goes heres the first one called,
INFLATION
I know a guy that lives down the road, and ppl think hes mad
,I don’t tho cos I know the reason why,its cos he lost the best girl he ever had
he used to tell me in the pub, shes great cosy she never complains
never gets a headache, or any other silly aches and pains
and she never gives me earache,and doesn’t mess around
or go out with her mates, to flirt around the town
she don’t have to watch her figure,cos she knows she wont get fat
hey we don’t bother about contraception, or pills or owt like thatthen came the sad sorry day
when the worst came to the worst
it nearly gave him a breakdown
when his inflatable doll burstnowadays he just walks round sobbing
muttering I will never find a girl like that again
he really is the capital
in the land of broken men!!!
does anybody actually know when easter is this year?
they (whoever they are)
keep moving it about every year
whys that?,they dont keep shifting xmas about do they
i remember a couple of times,when easter sunday fell on my birthday
it made me,well made me feel kind of special
like king of the day
who are these mysterious people hat keep moving my calendar about.“thw world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those that think.”
