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If you can get past the picture of Britney Spears and the story about her losing 15 pounds in 4 weeks (You go girl!), you can see the very cute picture of Tom & Suri Cruise. I can’t find out what “Suri’s Big Birthday Surprise” is all about, so it appears I am going to be forced to go buy the magazine, lol.
Picture used by permission from OK Magazine
If she really wanted to know what it meant, she could of googled it the way that I did.
OH, I learned something new today. I did not realize they were different times. For some reason, I thought Easter was always the same as the Jewish passover–after the first full moon of the Spring Equinox.
Thanks Tyler for alerting me about that comment. It’s been taken out and no, no one is allowed to say that. Fan, non-fan, whatever…it’s not allowed.
Happy Easter Hana!!! I love Lent and love the Easter season….we just celebrated ours (Roman Catholic) and I am jealous that you are still preparing for yours!! I know what you mean about Lent….I gave up alot this year and could not wait to eat certain foods after it was over!! Take care and enjoy your preparations!!!
No one special – the Orthodox churches do celebrate easter on the first full moon after the Spring Equinox BUT…! they use a different calendar to determine the dates. The Orthodox churches still determine easter according to the old Julian Calendar (i.e. the old calendar that didn’t include the leap years. It fell out of general use in the 16th century, I think). However, all these countries (e.g. Greece, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, etcetc etc) use a normal calendar for everyday life. Last year, it was a total coincidence that the ‘western’ and Orthodox easters were on the same date. This doesn’t happen all that often.
Also, many of these churches – Ukrainian and Russian Orthodox at least, celebrate Christmas on 7 January for a similar reason. Strangely, the Romanian Orthodox Church celebrates the Catholic/Protestant Christmas date on 25/12, even though they use the old calendar for Easter.
Where I live people are mostly Russian Orthodox, and their easter fasting menu (which most restaurants cater for) is essentially Vegan – no meat, dairy, eggs etc. So it truly is a sacrifice if you ask me, especially when the weather is still quite bleak (no comfort food!)
Interestingly, Ethiopia still uses the Julian Calendar for 100% everyday life, so I believe that they finally celebrated the new Millennium this year!
then why is the remark from donnor still here with that phrase in it?
Thanks concerned mom. Somehow that one slipped by me. Also, I saw your comments are still in moderation. I’ll see what’s going on with that okay?
bumblebeej, you seem to be very informed. I’m impressed. Our lent is exactly the same as Russian Orthodox, (I’m a Vegan for 50 days and no s e x lol) and that is why I’m looking forward to the foods.
Thank you Jenna!
Hana – I live in Eastern Europe. With all the holidays centered around the Orthodox faith rather than Catholic/Protestant, I’ve taught myself a lot! (It’s really weird not getting Christmas as a holiday). I do think, though, that lent must be a lot easier to survive if you live in a country where the national faith is Orthodox. If not, it would be a bit like doing ramadan if you didn’t live in a muslim country – virtually impossible. I couldn’t imagine a Russian Orthodox person surviving lent in the States. Here, a lot of people fast and all the restaurants have delectable menus with good food on offer. It must really help.