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Easter Day Calendar

As Easter is a moveable feast so it does not fall on a fixed date in the Gregorian or Julian calendars. Instead, Easter dates are based on lunar Calendar. Easter Sunday date varies in easter day calendar because it is determined using a calculated lunar calendar.

It's the First Sunday, after the First full moon, after the 21st March. Easter is celebrated in both religious and secular ways by many Christian families throughout the world.


Easter Day calendar 2011

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In the coming year 2011, the Easter date i.e. on April 24th, not only stands for western calendar (Catholic and Protestant Churches), but also for the Eastern Orthodox Church. Surprisingly, there are a few years in every century when the Easter dates for both the groups match completely. So, Easter day 2011 would surely be an extra special festival, doubling up the grandeur and joy of the great celebration. As per Easter calendar, the complete month of April brings fun and happiness for Christians and they call it the Easter April. Since Easter is a forty day festival which starts from Ash day. Easter day calendar 2011 says that Ash will fall on February 17, and then there will be Palm Sunday on March 28.After that Christians will celebrate Maundy Thursday on April 1.

Good Friday will fall on April 22.and finally comes the Easter on April 24 which is true for Western Christianity & Orthodox Christianity as well. Christians across the world wait for the Easter April which is the biggest celebration for them and a reason for the family and friends to pray to god for whatever they have and keep their faith on the almighty that he is always with them in every situation.

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