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Show r FACTS ACTS ABOUT EASTER . inday mday ) day , \ which hlch falls faUs on April Apri121 21 . , this year , is obsenedin observedn obsen observed ed edm ' resurrection but not notannri not1 notI m n commemoration of Christ's Christs , I annn ann1\ ann1 annri ann1er \ er cigars erary < : [ alJo . , as its date , ' . lanes anes aries from year to toince tolance lance lanceJth ince with \\Jth Jth \ a method of computing computmg it adopted by the thee thein e in m the year . } ear 325m 325 325m 325n m n of celebrating celebratmg Easter is really an outgI"O outgIO outgrowth " ' " th of ofssoel ofsoy ofsso\ei ofsso ei sso\el sso el soy \ ei There is no trace of its obser\ obser obsenance obserance \ ance as a aal aal aval \al al \ al in m the New Nev , Testament or in the writings of t.he the t.hers thea . thers rs a In fact , neither Chnst Christ nor the apostles enjoinedthis enJomed enjoined enJomedthIs enjoinedthis thIs or any other fesb festis festi\al festi al festialist \ . al al1st ist 1st t of the early Christians " were "ere ere deiived deuved from themany the , many of the old Jewish festivals continued contmued to beem be beem bem em m and gradually graduall , } ' passed into 111to the Christian Chnstlan calendar calendar.of calendarof . of Df Easter is derived derl\ed derl ed deried \ % fiom flom Eastre , the Anglo-Saxon Anglo Saxon Anglo-Saxonng Anglo Saxonng AngloSaxonng AngloSaxonlg - - - ng lg , and many customs which \ hlch have marked the day'sdrawn daysdrawn day's days day'sdrawn day'sdrawn ' drawn from pagan sources In the ancient churof chur 1- 1 ' " 1a - _ _ _ , of of Eastel Eastei I asted lasted " - eIght da das - * . s , but after " the * - ele elegy a , erlh erth i l to , to two t\\O t O \ , anu Iinaiiy to io ( one oner onetime r time bme for the observance of Easter has been the the'r thr th thT e < T 'r r ' r contI contiovcrsy oversy among various Christian groups In 1 1ope Ii\pe Ii pe n " > \ ope ) Victor excommunicated e'Ccommu11lcated eCcommu11lcated ' Polycrates , bishop of ofhIS ous o f : Ins hIS us entire enhre Asiatic ASlahc following followmg for not conforming confonmng to totom ttom t ttorn 0 < torn tom The Greek Grech church did not adopt the Rornaiso Roman Romanso Romanso 1 so that only onJy during durmg the last 12 ycais yeals years has the entin1 entlnI entln entire entireobser - I simultaneouslyto slmulbmeouslyto obscr\ obscr obser obsened obscred \ ed Easter slmulbmeously simultaneously to present usage Easter can not occur earlier earher thaier than thaner thaner 1 er than April Apnl 25 The last time ' it 1t fell on March 22 22ter 22ter 2Ster ter which "hlch hlch "hlchsome " some three centuries centunes must elapse before 7 Iy ly befonly beforeIy beforely again agam It fell feU on April 25 the last time bme in 'In ' 1886o 1886 , o late only once in m the present century , , in m 1943 |