The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-19
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY ~, 1918

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY ~, 1913.
FACTS ABOUT EASTER.
Easter Sunday, the festival COM
memorating the resurrection Of our
Savior from the dead. falls on the first
Sunday after the first full moon after
the vernal equinox. In the early days
of Christianity there were disputes Is
to the proper method of computing
the coming Of Easter, with variances
in the observance Of the feast. until
the Council of Nicaea brought uni
formity by the decree that the meth
cd in vogue in the western church
should be followed. Other variances
in the observance Of the feast follow
ed on the reformation Of the calendar
ny Pope Gregory in 1852, the new
style not being adopted at once in
Europe. Sweden being the last to give
adherence in 1853.
IL JHS NGl1 SQulAoA dllC Ou 0Oh.
day the succeeding Sunday is to be
observed as the feast. Easter Sunday
may fall as early as March % and not
later than April IS. and the falling
of Faster on the early date Of March
90 in this year. and that it will not
fall so early again in tho present cen
fury. makes the %variances Of r-eat
interest. Beginning with A. D. 1000
Easter Sunday fell on March % in A.
ID. 1o4l. with an interval Of ninety
five years when It fell on the same
date in 1886. There followed an In
terval Of 247 years before the coming
Of A. D. 1888. when It fell on the ear
lest date; IN interval Of n%inety.hve
years before 1873. another interval Of
ninety-f five years before 1873. In inter-
val Of twenty-five years before 1898.
an interval Of ninety-flve years before
1898, an interval Of sixty-eight years
before 1851 and Of ifty-seven years
before 1915. in all Of which years
Easter Sunday fell on March 22. and
1t will not again fall on March 20
during the present century. Since A.
D. 1918 a period Of ninety:five years
has interviewed. and there remains Of
the twentieth century eishty-ftv years,
making a period Of not less than $50
years before another March 20 will be
observed as the feast Of the Resur.
rection. But that will be in the
twenty-frst century, and must be left
to others Of the future for determine.
ton.
There are like interesting intervals
between the years on which Easter
Sunday fell, and will fail, on March
%. The dates are. Of course, taken
from the old style until the promul-
cation Of the new style by Pope Greg
Org in 1882, with the passing remark
that the new style IL in force in all
Christian countries save Russia and
her province, where the Eastern
Church predominates.
The first falling Of Easter on March
23-the date Of the present year-was
in A. p. 1868. It fell on the same
date in A. D. 1881, a period Of 1853
years intervening: again in 1915 after
an interval Of "a years: in 1926, after
an interval Of II years: in 1910, after
an interval Of "a years: in 1921, an
eleven-year interval: in 1906. an eigh-
t~y-four-year interval; in 1916, an
eleven-year interval; in 1885. after an
interval Of 1870 years, and 1t fell on
March % in A. D. 1904. 1898, 1916,
1886, and 1t will fall on that date in
this year Of grace 1913. the interval,
between the falling Of Easter on thu,
date varying from IL years to 81. ss
81. 100 and again 81 years. Easter
Sunday will fall on March ~ A. d
1910. but not again on March % dur.
ing this century. Since A. D. 1000
Easter has fallen on March % ~
times. and on March 20 fourteen
times.
The New Style" the calendar o,
Pope Gregory. was not immediatel,
adopted by the nations Of Europe, ant
while the method Of computing tn,
falling Of the festival was the same
the dates were different according tt
the use Of the new or the old styl,
calendar. The adoption Of the new
style by Great Britain in 1852 remov
ed the variances between the dates O.
the falling Of Easter in continental Eu
rope and the dates in Great Britain
The adoptions Of the new style wer,
as follows: Italy, Holland aud tn,
greater part Of the Low countrie,
France. the Catholic cantons of Swift
zerland. Denmark. Portugal and Spain
in 1882; Germany by the Catholics 1,
1884; by the Protestants in 1900
Hungary in 1887; Poland in 1886
Sweden in 1853; the Protestant can
TOT Of Switzerland in 100; Grea
Britain in 1852.
If Easter Sunday should fall O
March % or March % in the twenty
first century, it is possible that the In
FAINT Of today might be in the homage
marian stakes to observe the festiva
But none Of the adults of today wi
live to see another Easter Sunday fall
ing on March 20 or March 23-th
earliest dates on which Easter Sunda
may fall.
CHOOSING THE POSTMASTER.
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