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Saturday, March 31, 2018

Religious Tourism: Why Orthodox and Catholic Easter are on different dates

So, for example, on Mount Athos — an autonomous religious state in northern GREEK prefecture of Chalkidiki under the protection of Athens — is it always 13 days behind the rest of Europe. One reason behind the Orthodox community having its own Easter date is a tradition going back centuries which ...


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