In Reckoning Easter, the disciples of Patrick were ahead of Rome

The date of Easter Sunday, the great Christian festival celebrating the resurrection of Jesus, is determined by an amalgam of astronomy, mathematics and pragmatism, an algorithm that determines the date in accordance with the motions of the Sun and Moon [TM279 or search for “thatsmaths” at irishtimes.com]. The ecclesiastical equinox is fixed on 21 March, which … Continue reading In Reckoning…