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The fourteenth day, the true Passover of the Lord; the great sacrifice, the Son of God instead of the lamb, who was bound, who bound the strong, and who was judged, though Judge of living and dead, and who was delivered into the hands of sinners to be crucified, who was lifted up on the horns of the unicorn, and who was pierced in His holy side ...
Start Date Duration 1: Annunciation (Subara) The Sunday between November 27 and December 3: 3–4 weeks 2: Nativity: December 25: 1–2 weeks 3: Epiphany (Denha) The Sunday between January 2 and 6; otherwise January 6, if no such Sunday exists: 4–9 weeks 4: Great Fast (Sawma Rabba) The 7th Sunday before Easter [note 1] 7 weeks 5: Resurrection ...
A moveable feast is an observance in a Christian liturgical calendar which occurs on different dates in different years. [1] It is the complement of a fixed feast , an annual celebration that is held on the same calendar date every year, such as Christmas .
The story of Passover is told in the Book of Exodus in the Torah—the body of Jewish religious teachings. According to the Hebrew Bible, God instructed Moses to take his people (the Israelites ...
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In the mid–2nd century, the practice in Asia Minor was for the pre-Paschal fast to end with a feast held on the 14th day of Nisan, when the barley was ripe after the new moon near the Jewish lunar month of Nisan (no matter the day of the week on which it occurred), the date on which the Passover sacrifice had been offered when the Second ...
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While the date changes each year, Passover always falls on a full moon in the spring. This year, Passover begins at sundown on April 5, and ends at sundown on April 13.