What is the rarest date for Easter?

The least common dates for Easter Sunday in this period are 22 and 24 March. Reckoned over a complete Gregorian Easter Cycle the least common dates for Easter Sunday are 22 March and 25 April.

When did Easter fall 2012?

Date and Meaning of the Easter Sunday Holiday in April. Easter, the spring holiday that marks the rebirth of Jesus within Christian faith – not to mention an observed federal holiday, will be celebrated this year on Sunday, April 8, 2012. Greek/Orthodox Easter will be celebrated one week later on Sunday, April 15.

Why was there no Easter in 2019?

Easter Sunday for Eastern or Orthodox Christendom will fall on April 28, 2019. That’s because the Eastern Church bases Easter on the old style Julian calendar, instead of the revised Gregorian calendar used by Western Christianity and most of the world.

Why was Easter so late in 2011?

The First Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D. determined Easter would take place the first Sunday after the “Paschal full moon,” which follows the Northern Hemisphere’s vernal (spring) equinox. Looking ahead, Easter Sunday 2012 falls on April 8, and the one after that is slated for March 31.

What was the date of Easter in 2016?

Next year, in 2016, Easter Sunday will be March 27.