Easter continued
The emphasis on honoring tradition and maintaining an intact religious identity was, therefore, crucial. Seen in this context, changing the rules governing its most important religious holiday chisels away at the foundations of an already beleaguered religious heritage. Most of the Orthodox Christianity is located in the Middle East, where it has been chiefly the minority religion. But they continue to hold on to the truth, unlike we in the Eastern church.
The Council of World Churches (in Syria, March 5-10, 1997) proposed a solution that may have been favorable to both East and West; both methods of calculating the equinox and the paschal full moon would be replaced with the most advanced, astronomically accurate calculations available; using the meridian of Jerusalem has the point of measure. The proposed reform would have begun in 2001. In that year, the Julian and Gregorian Easter and Passover coincided. Since that meeting, no further progress has been made and the problem remains.
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The emphasis on honoring tradition and maintaining an intact religious identity was, therefore, crucial. Seen in this context, changing the rules governing its most important religious holiday chisels away at the foundations of an already beleaguered religious heritage. Most of the Orthodox Christianity is located in the Middle East, where it has been chiefly the minority religion. But they continue to hold on to the truth, unlike we in the Eastern church.
The Council of World Churches (in Syria, March 5-10, 1997) proposed a solution that may have been favorable to both East and West; both methods of calculating the equinox and the paschal full moon would be replaced with the most advanced, astronomically accurate calculations available; using the meridian of Jerusalem has the point of measure. The proposed reform would have begun in 2001. In that year, the Julian and Gregorian Easter and Passover coincided. Since that meeting, no further progress has been made and the problem remains.
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