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jetjockey5 | 19:16 Tue 24th Jan 2006 | History
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Why is Easter on a different day every year? Who picks the day?
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Easter Sunday is the first Sunday after the first Full Moon on or after the Spring Equinox. Although the date of the equinox is fixed, its the date of the full moon that changes and that changes Easter Sunday.
BTW, Spring equinox is March 21st.
The explanation given by sddsddean is for Western Christianity. Another method is employed to calculate the date in Eastern Christianity.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Sunday#Date_of_Easter

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