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Holy Week

Holy week this year (2008) is from March 16th to March 22nd. I was very curious as to how do they determine when this week is so I searched for answers on the web. Below is what I found.


According to the English book of Common Prayer, "Easter Day is the first Sunday after the full moon which happens upon, or next after the 21st day of March; and if the full moon happens upon a Sunday, Easter Day is the Sunday after."

Why such an odd definition? March 21 is the vernal equinox -- the day on which the length of daylight equals the length of darkness as the days are lengthening in the spring. The traditional Jewish calendar is based on moon phases, which is how the phase of the moon enters into the definition -- when they were determining what day Easter would fall on, they deferred to the Jewish practice of using moon phases to decide the timing of holidays.

Using this method, Easter can only occur between March 22 and April 25. -Howstuffworks.com

The full moon this year is March 21st (I really looked at the calendar to know if this is accurate) so Easter Sunday is March 22nd and the whole week including Easter Sunday is the holy week. All I can say is "oh..ah..(nodding)". Now I know...

I was just really curious because every year holy week falls on different dates. My birthday's April 15th and my mom told me I was born in a holy week, and as I was growing up, my birthday always falls on a holy week. It's ok if my birthday's Easter Sunday, but the worse days would be from Holy Thursday to Black Saturday, I cannot celebrate. Especially if you live in a very religious catholic country.

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By gado
On 11.2.08
At 2:40 PM
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