Greetings!
Lent for dummies Some of you have wondered just how they decide when Easter Sunday will occur. Well, it is really quite simple. All you have to remember is the date for the Jewish celebration of Passover, which is of course the 14th day of the lunar month Nisan. So, as most of you have already figured out, this would place Easter on the Sunday following the first astronomical full moon after the vernal equinox. Believe it or not, this caused some confusion in the early Church so the Council of Nicaea felt the need to weigh in. In 325 A.D., the Council of Nicaea simplified things by prescribing that the date for Easter should coincide with the Sunday after (I'm not making this up) the Paschal Full Moon, which is not determined by lunar cycles at all but by historical tables. This too, strangely enough, proved hard to understand for some, so the Church today relies on a small group of executives representing Hallmark, Hersheys, CBS Sports and Augusta National, who meet in Atlanta every four years and pretty much plan Easter around the Masters. I look forward to seeing you on Sunday! Rob Note: For a final attempt to bring clarity to the issue of dating Easter, please consider the Episcopal Church's attempt from the Book of Common Prayer, pp. 880-881. Read it here. | 
Saturday, April 16 ~ 11 AM - 2 PM
"In memory of" or "In thanksgiving for"
at the Pier at Garden City