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Show Actual Easter Date May Vary by 35 Days The actual date of Easter varies from between March 22 to April 25th over a period of 35 days. About a.d. 325, the Council of Christian Churches at Nicea in Asia drew up the Nicene Creed and decided that Easter shall be the first Sunday following the Paschal Full Moon, which happens upon or next after March 21. The reason for this ruling, it was said, was that the Pilgrims needed moonlight to travel on their way to the great yearly- Easter festivities. |