What is the earliest possible date in March for Easter Sunday?
Aleppo Easter dating method year; and also for Laetare Sunday to occur in the month of February, which is not currently possible, as an Easter of 21 March would position Laetare Sunday on 28 February (or on 29 February if the 21 March Easter is occurring in a leap year). An Easter of 21 March would also produce an April date for the Feast of the Ascension, occurring on 29 April; although as an April date for the Ascension is already possible (as it would occur on 30 April when Easter falls on 22 March, possible under the Gregorian method), this is less noteworthy.
Reform of the date of Easter dependent feasts. The second Sunday in April is usually the 15th Sunday of the year (except for dominical letter G, 10.75%), which is almost always also the Sunday after the second Saturday in April (except for dominical letter AG, 3.75%). Reform of the date of Easter A reform of the date of Easter has been proposed several times because the current system for determining the date of Easter is seen as presenting two significant problems: There have been controversies about the "correct" date of Easter since antiquity, leading to schisms and excommunications or even executions due to heresy, but most