the spring equinox is called the vernal equinox (that'll become relevant in a moment!). Equinoxes happen twice a year, when the Sun's path is aligned with the equator. Orthodox faiths use a ...

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Long before the rise of Christianity, many cultures celebrated spring festivals around the time of the vernal equinox. These festivals often focused on fertility and the return of light and life ...

Every fourth year was a leap year, with an extra day added to February, as the actual orbit of the Earth around the sun took about ... after the vernal equinox (the solar dimension).

Easter Sunday is based on lunar cycles similar to the Hebrew calendar, and it always occurs on the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after the vernal equinox.

The spring equinox arrived March 20 this year, which marks the astronomical start of spring. The spring, or vernal, equinox is when there are roughly the same number of hours of day and night ...

This year, the first full moon after the spring equinox is relatively late, so Easter will be celebrated on April 20 and Passover will begin at sundown on April 12. The arrival of spring marks the ...