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From: "Harold Blevins" <>
Subject: Re: [ARIZARD] Easter- Off Subject
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:24:41 -0500
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Fern: I believe it is accurate, the very same information was playing
on our video screens at church, just prior to our Good Friday service
last night. The source quoted was "Wikipedia".....Harold B




I received this from a cousin. I didn't check it out to see if it is authentic,
but trust the person who sent it.
Fern

EASTER
Do you realize how early Easter is this year? As you may know, Easter is always
the 1st Sunday after the 1st full moon after the Spring Equinox (which is March
20). This dating of Easter is based on the lunar calendar that Hebrew people
used to identify passover, which is why it moves around on our Roman calendar.



Found out a couple of things you might be interested in! Based on the above,
Easter can actually be one day earlier (March 22) but that is pretty rare.



Here 's the interesting info. This year is the earliest Easter any of us will
ever see the rest of our lives! And only the most elderly of our population
have ever seen it this early (95 years old or above!). And none of us have
ever, or will ever, see it a day earlier! Here's the facts:



1) The next time Easter will be this early (March 23) will be the year 2228 (220
years from now). The last time it was this early was 1913 (so if you're 95 or
older, you are the only ones that were around for that!).



2) The next time it will be a day earlier, March 22, will be in the year 2285
(277 years from now).



The last time it was on March 22 was 1818. So, no one alive today has or will
ever see it any earlier than this year!



Interesting!

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