Sun, Moon, Pope, Scientists Helped Set Easter Date
The holiday wanders each year from March to April. Exactly how is the Easter date set? The short answer is it falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon that follows the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. The long answer requires a trip back through time more than 1,700 years ago. In 325 A.D., Christian church leaders established the astronomical requirements that much of the Western world uses today to determine when to observe the holy day, which falls anytime between March 22 and April 25. This CNN report is submitted for your gospel preached to all & signs in the sun, moon and stars files.