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Towards a Common Date for Easter

Towards a Common Date for Easter

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Series: Faith and Order Papers, Book 241

General Christianity

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ISBN10: 2825418846
ISBN13: 9782825418840
Publisher: World Council of Churches
Published: Dec 31 2025
Pages: 56
Weight: 1.09
Language: English
The feast of the resurrection lies at the heart of the Christian faith. But finding a common date for that celebration has always been complex. Eastern and Western churches have used different calendars to calculate the date of Easter since the 16th century, and only rarely do they coincide. Fresh impetus to explore the hope of a common date for Easter comes in 2025, when all Christians will celebrate Easter on a common day. 2025 also marks the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, which addressed the need for a common celebration of the resurrection. This publication contains four contributions from different church traditions on the search for a way to celebrate Easter on a common date every year that were presented at a webinar organized by the Commission on Faith and Order om Easter 2025: Celebrating Together to Strengthen Unity. The organizers hope that these contributions may help animate the churches of the world and Christians in their contexts to work with one another towards a common celebration of Easter. Aleppo Statement It also contains the document Towards a Common Date for Easter produced at a consultation jointly sponsored by the World Council of Churches and the Middle East Council of Churches in Aleppo, Syria, in 1997, offering observations and specific recommendations for the churches.

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