Takoush Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Easter is always the 1st Sunday after the 1st full moon after the Spring Equinox (which is March 20). This dating of Easter is based on the lunar calendar that Hewbrew people used to identify passover, which is why it moves around on our Roman calendar. Here's the interesting part. This year is the earliest Easter any of us will ever see the rest of our lives! And only the most elderly of our population have ever seen it this early (92 years old or above!). And none of us have ever, or will ever, see it a day earlier! Here's the facts: 1) The next time Easter will be this early (March 23) will be the year 2228 (220 years from now). The last time it was this early was 1913 (so if you're 95 or older, you are the only ones that were around for that!). 2) The next time it will be a day earlier, March 22, will be in the year 2285 (277 years from now). The last time it was on March 22 was 1818. So, no one alive today has or will ever see it any earlier than this year! So enjoy Easter people! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anoushik Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 If Easter is early this year, when is Easter typically? In mid-April? When was it last year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashot Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 beginning of april!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takoush Posted March 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Last Easter was on April 8th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpa Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Whoever said that Easter is a Christian Holiday, and that Vardananq is strictly Armenian? Then why the hell are they dependent on the date of that damn passover, p*ssover??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maral Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Happy Spring! Click on the link below, You'll get a black page. Then click your mouse anywhere on the page + see what happens. Better yet, click + drag your mouse all over the page. enjoy! http://www.procreo.jp/labo/flower_garden.swf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashot Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 awww Maral jan how sweet we got flowers!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takoush Posted March 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Thanks Maral jan, that was so nice! And just in time for spring. Here' more spring flowers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zara Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Happy Spring! Click on the link below, You'll get a black page. Then click your mouse anywhere on the page + see what happens. Better yet, click + drag your mouse all over the page. enjoy! http://www.procreo.jp/labo/flower_garden.swf I finally have the lush garden I've always wanted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nairi Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-...ops-796628.html Easter already! Blame it on the bishops By David Randall Sunday, 16 March 2008 Annoyed that Easter is so early this year? Family life complicated by school and religious holidays being separated? Today, we name and shame the men responsible. Step forward Aristakes of Armenia, Protogenes of Sardica, Spyridion of Trimythous, and Eusebius of Caesarea. It was they, and several hundred other bishops, who decided at a meeting 1,683 years ago how we should lead our leisure lives today. The Council of Nicea in AD325, to which all the leading clerics of the Christian world were invited, had been called by the Roman Emperor Constantine, and it had three main results: 1) the Nicene Creed (the first unified Christian doctrine); 2) providing an early and convincing-sounding Christian event for Dan Brown to misrepresent in The Da Vinci Code; and 3) determining when Easter falls. Before Nicea, this was tied to the Jewish feast of Passover. After it, the day was set as the first Sunday after the full moon following the vernal (spring) equinox. This latter event, something of a movable feast in those days, is now fixed on 21 March. Thus, the earliest that Easter Sunday can be is 22 March, the latest, 25 April. This year's date of 23 March is the earliest since 1913, and none of us will see its like again, the next such occurence being in 2160. Of course, things could be simpler, as the Easter Act, passed by Parliament as long ago as 1928, tried to ensure. This said that Easter should fall on the first Sunday after the second Saturday in April. However, since this also required the agreement of the churches, it has never come into force. Time, maybe, for another Council of Nicea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takoush Posted March 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 (edited) Thanks it's informative and he speaks of Armenia's Aristakes. But my source said that it'll be March 23rd again in the year 2228. Yet this source from David Randall says that March 23 will be in 2160. Hmmm. Edited March 21, 2008 by Takoush Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takoush Posted March 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Շատ բարի Սուրբ Զատիկ բոլորիդ!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpa Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Even though today is Good Friday, in our dialect - ԱՒՈԳ ՈՒՐԲՈԹ, ԱՒԱԳ ՈՒՐԲԱԹ, AVOG OURBOTH regardless … ԲԱՐԻ ԵՒ ԻՒՇՆԻՒՖԻՒՐ* ՄԻՆԾ** ԶԱՏԱԿ to all. * Շնորհավոր. ** Christmas was known as ՊՏԻԿ ԶԱՏԱԿ , Small Zatik, and Eeaster was Big (մինծ, մեծ)Zatik*** *** We have spoken about the origin of Zatik/Զատիկ, that derives from “satak/սատակ” to mean “(animal) sacririfice“, only in post Christian times that word turned to the disgusting meaning as in “shan satak” . PS. Dear SAS, can you please paste what Ajarian says about “zatik/զատիկ”? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aratta-Kingdom Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Happy Easter Hayer Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashot Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Qristos Haryav I Merelots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpa Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Hey! How come no one is congratulating Harut on his Name Day of ՍՈՒՐԲ ՅԱՐՈՒԹԻՒՆ ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Happy easter everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takoush Posted March 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 (edited) Հարութ ճան, անունովդ ապրիս երիտասարդ: Քրիստոս յարեաւ ի մեռելոց։ Edited March 21, 2008 by Takoush Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ani Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 Happy Easter everyone!!!!! Maral, thank you, that was nice... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALMA Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Qristos hariav i merelots Shnorhavor bolorit Surp Zatike, Astsu orhnutyune yev xaghaghutyune lini bolorit het. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashot Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Ortnyale Harutsyun Qristosi, ALMA jan!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Arpa Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 (edited) ՍՈՒՐԲ ԱՍՏՈՒԱԾ The Armenian hymn/Sharakan by Makar Ekmalian that is sung according to the occasion. ԾԾՆՆԴԵԱՆ Սուրբ Աստուած սուրբ եւ հըզոր սուրբ եւ անմահ, Որ ծընարեւ յայտնեցար, ողորմեա մեզ. ԽԱՉԻ Սուրբ Աստուած սուրբ եւ հըզոր, սուրբ եւ անմահ, Որ խաչեցար վասն մերոյ, ողորմեայ մեզ. ԶԱՏԿԻ Սուրբ Աստուած սուրբ եւ հըզոր, սուրբ եւ անմահ, Որ ՅԱՐԵԱՐ ի մեռելոց, ողորմեայ մեզ.* ՀԱՄԲԱՐՁՄԱՆ Սուրբ Աստուած սուրբ եւ հըզոր, սուրբ եւ անմահ, Որ համբարձար փառօք առ հայր, ողորմեայ **մեզ. * Holy God, mighty and immortal , who rose from the dead. Have mercy upon us. ** In Greek - Kyrie Eleison Why in red? Has anyone heard of Karmir Zatik/ԿԱՐՄԻՐ ԶԱՏԻԿ, when we dye eggs in RED? Blood of Jesus? Search an find why the Greeks call "red eggs kokkina avga" (How to Dye Red Eggs for Greek Easter - Kokkina Avga) "Kokkina" as in "cochineal red", Armenian- Vordan Karmir, and "avga" as in "ova/ovum", as in the Armenian "havkit/հաւկիթ. Edited March 23, 2008 by Arpa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azat Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 (edited) Happy Easter all How to identify its Easter in our house... Edit Note: the images are of the lilacs in my garden, blooming nectarine tree and making of choreg from last night and finishing it this morning Edited March 23, 2008 by Azat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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