Thursday, March 25, 2010

This Date in History

Did you know that March 25th (the eighth day before kalends of April) is the day of the resurrection of Christ? Yes the stupid western tradition did its best to miscalculate the date, at first accidentally (by identifying the 25th as the date of the crucifixion) and then less innocently. Easter has been on March 25, 7 times in 1663, 1674, 1731, 1742, 1883, 1894, and 1951.
Easter will fall on March 25 next in 2035.


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