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> Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 17:01:14 -0500
> Reply-To: History of Astronomy Discussion Group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> From: "David J. Ross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Orthodox Easter
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Regarding this thread, readers may be interested to know that there have been
> discussions for several years now between Eastern and Western churches
> regarding
> the adoption of a common date for Easter. As reported in the Christian
> Century
> (April 15h), if adopted the change would take affect in 2001 when the dates
> coincides under both methods of computus. "At the Aleppo meeting (held under
> the
> aupices of the World Council of Churches last year), representatives of the
> world's major Christian groups agreed on a proposal that would calculate the
> date
> of Easter based on the fourmula developed by the First Ecumenical Council of
> Nicaea in 325 a.d. but using more modern astronomical techniques." So, the
> matter is indeed of some currency.
>
> Rev. David Ross
> Canton, Ohio
