Easter Date 2010
In the year 2010 Easter Sunday celebrations will be on:
Sunday 4th April 2010
The 2010 Easter Date applies not only to the western calendar (Catholic and Protestant Churches), but also to the The Eastern Orthodox church. This is an unusual event since the two branches of Christianity have different methods for calculating the correct date for Easter. There are only a few years each century when the Easter dates match like this so Easter 2010 is likely to be seen as extra special.
Why does the easter date move each year?
in the year 325AD, the Roman Emperor Constantine got all the early Christian leaders together at Nicea to fix matters of doctrine and dates of important Christian events such as Easter. They chose the first Sunday after the full moon following the vernal equinox; as opposed to Christmas day which they fixed as 25th December.
Why are there usually two dates for Easter Sunday?
Not all early Christians attended the council of Nicea or agreed with the results. The Eastern Orthodox church is the largest of the groups who chose a different criteria for determining Easter. In years past people actually fought and died over the 'correct' date of Easter. Thankfully we have grown up a bit since then and differences such as this are not considered important.
Other good Easter resources on this website include Easter related articles covering things to do at easter and gifts for the easter holidays, plus facts about the history of the Easter festival.
Easter 2011, Easter 2012, Easter 2013, Easter 2014, Easter 2015, Easter 2016, Easter 2017, Easter 2018, Easter 2019, Easter 2020, Easter 2021, Easter 2022, Easter 2023, Easter 2024, Easter 2025, Easter 2026, Easter 2027, Easter 2028, Easter 2029, Easter 2030,
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