My very vague understanding is that the two celebrations are related because the Last Supper was a Passover Seder. With that in mind how come Easter is occurring nearly a whole month before Passover this year?
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In the West, Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon of Spring. Equinox was a week ago and it was full moon was last Saturday so Easter is next Sunday.
Passover is on the 15th of the month of Nissan in the Jewish calendar. Nissan starts on April 9th (in Gregorian calendar) this year.
So Passover is moving every year in the Gregorian calendar because the Gregorian and Jewish calendars don’t have the same number of days.
Easter is moving every year because the Gregorian calendar is solar based but the celebration is based on a mix of solar and lunar conditions.
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