Easter date

Pope Francis seeks to carry the torch of dialogue and brotherhood with Orthodox Christians. He made known the Roman-Catholic church’s intent to set a set date for Easter celebrations in order to celebrate it with every Christian in the world.

"Nisan" is the word for the month of April in the Turkish language, which is the equivalent of the month of Nisan in the Hebrew calendar. The word has its roots in old Babylonian Assyrian Aramaic language, which is an ancestor of both Arabic and Hebrew. April is about renewal, about the new tastes of the spring, be it eggs or milk, or greens or lamb; it is all about what spring stands for.