Why does Easter change every year?
Today, we are educating ourselves on why Easter keeps changing every year.
Each year, Easter moves its date, meaning that it’s moveable – unlike Christmas, for example.
Easter’s date depends on the lunar cycle, as well as the timing of the Jewish festival of Passover, which is rooted in the Biblical account of Jesus’s crucifixion and resurrection.
The Last Supper, which took place the night before Jesus was crucified, was on Passover.
The following day, Jesus was crucified, and buried the day after that, before rising again on the third day, which is when Easter Sunday now falls.
As a result of this, Easter is connected to Passover, which is in turn connected to the first full moon after the spring equinox – being held on the first Sunday following the first full moon after the spring equinox.
I’m sure you’ve learnt something here.
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