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Why Some Feasts Are Movable

Saturday 12 February 2005, 9:07 pm
Keywords: Christian Topics

How come Lent moves around while Christmas stays put?

In 325, church officials at the First Council of Nicaea formalized the date of Easter in an effort to get everyone to celebrate on the same day. From then on, the holiday was celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after March 21, the start of spring.

http://slate.msn.com/id/2113321/


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