Happy Easter Everyone!

[Eleutherios]

Xristos Anesti!

 

[nibor]

Xristos Anesti!

Same to you.............but geez now your speakin furrin languages.........

 

[Diuretic]

I remember this I think - "He is risen!" And there's a response that the other person is supposed to say in Greek, can't remember how it goes. One semester of Modern Greek. Sadly I didn't take the second semester.

 

[Eleutherios]

Correct response is alithos Anesti

Truely he is risen.

 

[roomy]

Easter was ages ago here...get with the programme

 

[Swamp Fox]

Correct response is alithos Anesti

Truely he is risen.

Professor Potlover has lectured again. Now I've got the munchies......

 

[Diuretic]

Correct response is alithos Anesti

Truely he is risen.

That's the one, thanks for that.

 

[Diuretic]

Easter was ages ago here...get with the programme

Orthodox Easter is usually a week or so after the Western Easter, I don't know how it's calculated. I was invited to an Easter dinner by a bunch of Greek friends once (quite some years ago), it was great fun.

 

[Eleutherios]

Orthodox Easter is usually a week or so after the Western Easter, I don't know how it's calculated. I was invited to an Easter dinner by a bunch of Greek friends once (quite some years ago), it was great fun.

Heh. Shame you didn't go to the actual service - its one of the most beautiful church services there are. My non-greek friends who i have invited - many of whom are agnostics and Aethiests - often agree with me that it is one of those rare moments that (whether they explain it as a human's natural instinct to flock like sheep, or in a more religious manner) you might feel your soul being uplifted.

as for calculating greek easter it goes something like this:
Function OrthodoxEasterSunday(ByVal Y As Integer) As Date

Dim T As Long
Dim DD As Integer
Dim MM As Integer

T = (19 * (Y Mod 19) + 16) Mod 30

DD = 3 + T + (2 * (Y Mod 4) + 4 * (Y Mod 7) + 6 * T) Mod 7

If Y < 1924 Then DD = DD - 13

If DD > 30 Then
DD = DD - 30
MM = 5
Else
MM = 4
End If

If DD < 1 Then
DD = DD + 31
MM = 3
End If

OrthodoxEasterSunday = DateSerial(Y, MM, DD)

End Function






I usually just ask my sister.

 

[Diuretic]

I usually just ask my sister