Christos Anesti – Happy Easter, Part II
Christos Anesti! ~ “Christ is risen!”
Alithos Anesti! ~ “Truly He is risen!”
This year Orthodox Pascha is celebrated one week after the celebration of the Western Easter. The Orthodox date for Easter is based on a decree of the Council of Nicaea, Asia Minor, held in 325 A.D. According to this decree, Easter must be celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon of the vernal equinox but always after the Hebrew Passover to maintain the Biblical sequence of events of the Crucifixion and the Resurrection. The Orthodox Christian churches have adhered strictly to this formula.
thanato thanaton patisas
kai tois en tois mnimisi
zoen charisamenos”
Happy Easter!
Comment by pam — 2015/04/12 @ 16:35