I looked at a calendar and realized

[conuly]

this is a weirdo year in which (Western) Easter is early and Passover (and, perforce, Orthodox Easter) is late.

Actually I'm not entirely sure which Orthodox churches have determined that Easter must fall after Passover. Is it all of them? Or only some of them? Well, whichever ones they are, they're having their Easter in May!

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Comments

[conuly]

And the Passover is moon based so it changes all the time.

Does not, it starts Nissan 15 every year!

[flemmings]

But IIRC this year is a leap year in the Hebrew calendar, meaning there's an extra month pushed in to set things straight. Hence the late Passover.

[conuly]

Sure, but we don’t say October moves around because of our solar leap year, do we?

[viggorlijah]

You are absolutely right! It is the Gregorian calendar translation of Nisan 15 that changes.

[conuly]

:D

Sometimes pedantry is a goal in and of itself, I have to admit. I shouldn't admit it, but... yeah, it's me.