Easter Sundays may still be more than two months away, but Easter season begins less than a month, with Ash Wednesdays coming.
Last year, Ash Wednesday in 2024 fell on Valentine’s Day, Wednesday, February 14th, 2024.
This is Ash Wednesday, Lent, Good Friday, Easter 2025, and why do they have a date that changes each year?
When is Easter 2025?
This year, Sunday, April 20th, will be in late April.
Why is Easter 2025 so late?
Easter Sundays can sometimes fall in late April as holidays are not tied to a specific date. As a result, all related religious holidays leading up to Easter also fall into the second half of the year.
The Easter date and related holidays also depend on whether you are Eastern Orthodox. The Eastern Orthodox Church uses the Julian Calendar, a solar calendar used by the Roman Empire. According to Old Farmers Almanac, Easter and Easter Orthodox Easter will fall on the same day this year.
“Easter is a ‘movable east feast’ so it does not occur on the same day every year. In the Gregorian calendar, it is always observed from Sunday, March 22nd to April 25th,” says Almanac.
“However, Easter can be observed in Eastern Orthodox Churches from April 4th to May 8th. According to the long-term average, the most unusual Easter date is March 22nd. 23.”
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How is the Easter date determined?
Easter dates are changed as they are based on the monthly calendar, as they are similar to the Chinese New Year. According to the old farmer yearbook, Easter Sundays always fall to the first full moon after spring equestrians.
“Christmas is fixed on the solar calendar (and near the winter solstice), while Easter is based on the Jewish moon cycle,” says Almanac.
“In Christian religion, the last evening up (the last meal that Jesus shared with the apostles before the crucifixion) was a Passover feast. As Easter is based on the moon (29.5 days). , Easter dates are different.”
Will the loan end on Good Friday? When will loans begin in 2025?
Rental season, a 40-day period of prayer and fasting leading up to Easter, begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on the Thursday before Easter Sunday.
This year, Ash Wednesday and Lent begin on Wednesday, March 5th. Lent ends on Thursday, April 17th. Good Friday is the following day on Friday, April 18th.
What is Good Friday?
Good Friday always falls on the Friday just before Easter Sunday, commemorating the day Jesus was crucified.
“For Christians, Good Friday is the key day of the year as it celebrates what we believe is the most important weekend in world history,” says Christian.com.
“Since Jesus was raised in death, Christians have declared Jesus’ cross and resurrection as the critical turning point of all creation.”
