Western Catholics and Eastern Orthodox Christians will share a common Easter date, April 20 — for the first time since 2017. As in other years when Christianity’s cen ...

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Christians around the world will celebrate on the same day this year, a relative rarity. Pope Francis would like to make it ...

This year is a year full of signs of Christian unity, even in the midst of great divisions and breaches in unity culturally and politically. Although ...

Different calendars mean Orthodox and Western churches often celebrate Easter on different dates, but this year they align.

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“In the Julian Calendar, as in the Hindu calendar, the new year began with the spring equinox around April 1,” the History Channel says. “People who were slow to get the news or failed to ...

Previously, the French used the Julian calendar when each year began on the spring equinox, which usually fell near April 1. However, under the Gregorian calendar, the new year started Jan. 1.

“In the Julian Calendar, as in the Hindu calendar, the new year began with the spring equinox around April 1,” the History Channel says. “People who were slow to get the news or failed to ...

That year, France changed its calendar system from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar. The Gregorian calendar, which is the system we now use, shows the new year as starting on January 1.

The Eastern Orthodox Church uses the Julian calendar ... s date changes because it is based on the lunar calendar, much like Lunar New Year. According to The Old Farmer’s Almanac, Easter ...