• VHS [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    It's calculated based on a Lunisolar calculator, which is borrowed from Judaism. The date it lands on is related to Passover.

      • VHS [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Good Friday is the only day for that. But, I mean, it is considered the actual day that Jesus died, just by the Jewish calendar rather than the Gregorian one. Historically there has been more than one calendar.

  • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    our calendar is political, not celestial. if they were too much aligned with natural phenomena, that would be pagan and bad. I mean, what do you want, 13 months of exactly 28 days + 1 special day at the end of the year that isn't part of the seven day cycle. then every day of every month would line up with the same moon phase and be the same day of the week.

    sounds like some kind of Mayan thing. 13 is unlucky don't you know.

  • pooh [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    Also, how does literally getting crucified become a “Good Friday”?? That’s pretty horrible Friday if you ask me.

  • Chapo_is_Red [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Same reason Ramadan and Chinese New Year change dates on the Gregorian Calendar: the dates of these things are all based on different, Lunar calendars.

    Their date doesn't exactly change, what changes is the correspondence of their calendars with the Gregorian Calendar.

      • Chapo_is_Red [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Our custom is to base birthdays on Gregorian, not a lunar calendar.

        For Christmas the Christians use Gregorian and for Easter they don't. Idk why

  • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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    3 years ago

    If it was the same date every year then it wouldn't always fall on a Friday.