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March 23, 2008

No Easter for us. Yet.

EastercandleSo, if you were wondering whether you'd get pictures this morning of our annual pilgrimage to Chania's cathedral for the Easter candle-lighting ceremony - think again.

The Western and Eastern churches follow a different way of calculating Easter, and every now and then they are waaaaaaay apart. This is one of those years, and Greece doesn't celebrate Easter until the end of next month.

Diamond Geezer in London has the details on just how rare it is for the Western Easter to fall so early in the year.

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