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A statue made of steel girders outside the British Steel site in Scunthorpe. GETTY IMAGES
EXPLORE THE ISSUE 19 April 2025
issue 19 April 2025

Double date

This year, Orthodox Easter is on the same date as the western Easter, 20 April. How common is that? The Orthodox Church has a different date for Easter because it still calculates the date according to the Julian calendar, which runs 13 days behind the Gregorian calendar. But the dates coincide when the first full moon after the spring equinox occurs relatively late.

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