A big “Happy Easter” from all at Merthyr Self Storage!
Please note that the site will be open as usual this Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday.
The Easter date may move each year. But one thing never changes, our love for chocolate, long weekends and spending time with our families.
Although the imagery of Easter may remain the same – luscious chocolate eggs, fragrant hot cross buns and newborn chicks – Easter itself is a moveable celebration, and can fall anywhere between 22 March and 25 April.
Image: Getty
But the date in which the faithful celebrate Christ’s resurrection has been surrounded in controversy from early Christian times.
Lutz Doering, a reader in New Testament and an expert in calendars and festivals from the University of Durham, confirms: “According to the New Testament, Jesus rose from the dead on a Sunday. However, it is unclear on what day or date the earliest Christians celebrated Easter.”
Easter: Did you know?
- The earliest possible date for Easter is 22 March.
- The latest is 25 April, which has not happened since 1943, and will not recur until 2038.
- Although never implemented, in 1928 the House of Commons agreed a law to fix the date of Easter on the first Sunday after the second Saturday in April.
- The Vatican approved a proposal for a fixed date in 1990. It was subject to agreement with other Christian churches and governments, and has not yet been reached.
- When the Julian Calendar’s use was changed to the Gregorian people lost 10 days! They went to sleep on 4th of October 1582 and woke up on the 15th of October 1582.
