March 31, 2018 9:00pm - Lighting of New Fire, Salvation History, Baptism & Confirmation of Neophytes, Mass - bilingual Homily by Fr. Dan Noll on "Receiving the Light of Christ and Giving of Self"
According to scripture, Jesus rose from the dead on the first Sunday following Passover. See Matthew 28:1, Mark 16:1-3, Luke 23:56-24:3, and John 20:1. For this reason, ancient Christians celebrated Easter (which they called Passover) on the first Sunday after the Jewish Passover, which is 14 Nisan on the Jewish calendar. The only exceptions were in Syria and Mesopotamia, where ancient Christians celebrated Easter on 14 Nisan, no matter which day of the week it happened to be.