by Anura Guruge
on April 7, 2023
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IF you know your Christianity you appreciate that the two holidays are related & as such it is no great surprise that they can — or should — overlap or coincide.
For those that haven’t thought about it the Crucifixion happened just after Passover. Jesus had come to Jerusalem for Passover. The last supper is believed to have a Passover connection.
Hence the connection. In early Christianity Easter was celebrated at the same time as the Passover.
Easter Sunday, per the ‘latest’ formula, can fall between March 22 (the day after the nominal ‘March 21’ Spring Equinox) and April 25.
However, Easter Sunday can NEVER COINCIDE with the start of Passover! The formula used to calculate Easter has this built-in.
So, it is always GOOD FRIDAY that can coincide with the start of Passover — and never Easter per se.
They coincided last year, i.e., Christian Good Friday & the start of the Jewish Passover falling on the same day (which, of course, has to be a FRIDAY). This happens more often that you probably realized. It happened back-to-back, in 2018 & then 2019. Do you remember that? It had also happened in 2012 & 2015.
It will happen again in 2029.
Not so this year, i.e., 2023. Passover started two days BEFORE Good Friday.
The Passover holiday is celebrated over 7 days. So, Passover this year will overlap Easter. That is quite common. Again, remember the CONNECTION.
Just thought you might find this interesting.
