Pope
Francis suggested to establish a common date to celebrate Easter, one
of main Christian holidays, an Italian newspaper said.
ROME,
June 13 (Sputnik) — Francis said that he had already proposed to fix
the same date of Easter to patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I and
to patriarch of Moscow Kirill.
"[Roman Catholic] Church is willing
to establish a fixed date for Easter, so it can be celebrated on the
same day by all Christians, Catholic, Protestant or Orthodox," the pope
said Friday during the International retreat for priests in Rome,
as cited by the Corriere della Sera newspaper.
The
date to celebrate the Resurrection was fixed during the Council
of Nicaea in 325. It changes from year to year as the holiday falls
on the Sunday following the first full moon of spring.
Catholics use the Gregorian calender to calculate the date of Easter,
while the Orthodox Church uses the Julian calendar, so usually they
celebrate the holiday on different days. Although in 30 percent of cases
the date of Easter is the same for Catholics and Orthodox.
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