The 1,700-Year Quest for a Common Easter

FILIPPO MONTEFORTE
Pope Francis (r) and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (I), spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians, wave and clap, respectively, during a visit to the Moria refugee camp on April 16, 2016, on the Greek island of Lesbos. Both Francis and Bartholomew have spoken in favor of a joint celebration of Easter.

COMMENTARY: The Council of Nicaea gave Christianity more than a creed — it gave the Church a way to calculate Easter. But unity around the great feast of the Resurrection remains incomplete.

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