What day was easter in 2002

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Easter is a moveable feast and the date varies every year. The computation of the date involves a formula which takes into account the lunar cycle each year. Since all other moveable feasts move around the date for Easter, they vary as well from year to year. Table of dates of Easter 2001-2021 can be different for Western and Eastern Christianity since each faction follows a different calendar. The dates given in this article are based on the Gregorian calendar, which is followed by members belonging to the denominations of Protestant Churches and the Roman Catholic Church.

Good Friday dates are also provided in the table of dates of Easter 2001-2021 below.

Date of Easter Sunday:March 31, 2002

Date of Easter Monday:April 1, 2002

How is the date of Easter calculated? - When is Easter 2002?

• Easter is a "movable feast", which means that its date is not fixed in the calendar.
• The date is calculated according to the Lunar Calendar.
• Easter is related to the Jewish festival of Pesach (Passover).
• In Christian Religion the Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday following the first Spring Full Moon.
• Even though Spring Equinox can astronomically fall on different day each year, to simplify the calculation of Easter, the Spring is officialy set to begin on March 21st.
• If the first Spring Full Moon falls on Sunday, then the Easter will fall on the following Sunday.

Date of Easter Sunday 2002 is calculated:

First Sunday - following - First Full Moon - following - 21 March 2002

In what date was Easter Sunday 2002?

By the way, in 2002, Easter Sunday was on the 31st of March.

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Easter days for the year of 2002, 2003 and further

See below the Easter Dates for the next 10 Years.

• 2002, 31st of March
• 2003, 20th of April
• 2004, 11th of April
• 2005, 27th of March
• 2006, 16th of April
• 2007, 8th of April
• 2008, 23rd of March
• 2009, 12th of April
• 2010, 4th of April
• 2011, 24th of April

About Easter Day, Carnival and Corpus Christi

The Easter Day, by definition, is the first Sunday after the full moon that occurs after the vernal equinox, and can fall between March 22 and April 25. The Carnival takes place 47 days before Easter. Therefore, Carnival can happen on February 4 to March 9. Corpus Christi takes place 60 days after Easter. Therefore, Corpus Christi can happen from May 21 until June 24.

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