On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:22:38 -0700, Turner, G. Marc wrote: >At 04:06 PM 3/22/2008, Paul Brandon wrote: >>At 3:05 PM -0500 3/22/08, Michael Sylvester wrote: >>> Btw,does not Good Friday coincide with a Jewish >>>event-something about liberation from Turkish rule? >> >>No. > >Though this year Good Friday was the day after the start of >Purim (which according to my calendar began at sundown on >Thursday), but this was by coincidence and I don't think it will >happen again for some time...
Easter is known as a "moveable feast" and its "calculation" has long been a thorny subject depending upon which "church" one belonged to. There has also been some controversy about the relationship of Easter relative to Passover for obvious reasons. For some interesting factoids, consider looking at: http://www.timeanddate.com/news/holidays/early-easter-2008.html and what our friends at Wikipedia (remember, nonauthoritative) say: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter The really strange thing about Michael Sylvester's comment is the bit about "Turkish rule". Fans of popular music will remember that Istanbul was once known as Constantinople which was one seat of the Eastern Rite of the Catholic Church (not to be confused with the Orthodox Christian church; see our friends at Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Rite_Catholic_Church ). The Turks/Ottoman empire comes along fairly late in the game and given that they are Islamic, it is unclear to me why anyone would think they were linked to either Christian or Jewish dating of holidays (given that Islam started circa 600 AD; see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam ). Or did Michael confuse Turkish with Egyptian? Passover? -Mike Palij New York University [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
