Easter Date 2009

Easter Sunday celebrations for the year of 2009 will fall on:

Sunday 12th April 2009

This is the easter date for 2009 in the western calendar (Catholic and Protestant Churches).

The Eastern Orthodox church has set the date for Easter for 2009 to be 19th April.

Happy Easter!

Why does the easter date move?

We often ask ourselves "When is Easter?" because it moves from year to year. This has been happening ever since the Council of Nicaea (present-day Iznik in Turkey) in the year 325AD, when the Roman Emperor Constantine I got all the early Christian leaders together to fix matters of doctrine and dates of important Christian events such as Easter.

The navigation links on the left feature some easter related articles covering things to do at easter and gifts for the easter holidays, plus facts about the history of easter, this most sacred and holy of Christian festivals.

 

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