Re: Good friday ..
Originally Posted by
TessA
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What I don't get is, how come Christmas is always on the same date yet Easter moves around? I wonder what date Christ actually died on?
The time of Easter was decided by a papal council aeons ago.
It is linked to Passover, and is the first Sunday after the full moon that occurs on after the vernal equinox, so can move about.
Christmas was just a fixed date linked to the pagan midwinter festival.