Why is Easter not held at the same time as the "Jewish Passover"?

In determining the date of the Jewish Passover a lunisolar calendar is, and because Easter always falls on a Sunday it usually falls up to a week after the first day of Passover (Nisan 15 in the Hebrew calendar). However, the differences in the rules between the Hebrew and Gregorian cycles results in Passover falling about a month after Easter in three years of the 19-year cycle. These occur in years 3, 11, and 14 of the Gregorian 19-year cycle (corresponding respectively to years 19, 8, and 11 of the Jewish 19-year cycle).

The Jehovah's Witnesses do commemorate the 'Lord's Evening Meal' or 'Last Supper', and often refer to it as the 'Memorial of Christ's Death'. They celebrate it once each year, noting that it was instituted on the Passover, an annual festival. They observe it on Nisan 14 according to the ancient Jewish luni-solar calendar.

Because Easter is NOT Passover. Jesus' Passover meal PRECEDED his death and resurrection. The early Church celebrated the resurrection of Jesus EVERY Sunday, not just once a year. When it was decided to have an annual commemoration, the Sunday after Passover seemed a natural choice. (The two days are not always in the same week because of differences between the Gregorian and Jewish calendars.)

Good question. As Christians we are not required to celebrate ANY holiday for any reason. Furthermore the Bible says that we are to celebrate when and how we wish according to our faith if at all.\

God bless you.

""""Because Jesus was the Sun god of the gnostic sect. The spring equinox (Easter), when the day overpowers the night, is celebrated by that sect. After the equinox, the days become longer than the nights and the vitality of the northern hemisphere resumes from the death of winter. Hence, the resurrection of Day in its battles with Night (a myth traced to the Egyptian sun god Horus circa 3000 BC).

Characteristics of Horus* (Egyptian sun god 3000 BC):

Born on Dec 25th

Born of a Virgin

Found by following star in the east

Adored by Three Kings

Teacher at 12

Baptized/ministry at 30

12 disciples

Performed miracles

Known by nicknames "The Truth", "The Light"

Was Crucified

Died for 3 days

Resurrected""""

Here is the truth behind the atheists "Horus lie".

http://www.kingdavid8.com/Copycat/JesusHorus.html

The Roman Church changed the celebration on purpose to distance themselves from the Jewish roots of the true Christianity.

yes

Jesus celebrated the passover at the last supper

because he was jewish

and passover is a Jewish and Samaritan holy day and festival

commemorating the Hebrews'

escape from enslavement in Egypt.

but Easter is to celebrate the belief that Jesus came back to life after he was killed

Tradition, plain and simple.

Jesus rose from the dead on the first day of the week, were are told in the Bible.

The Jewish calendar is based on the lunar year.

Because Jesus was the Sun god of the gnostic sect. The spring equinox (Easter), when the day overpowers the night, is celebrated by that sect. After the equinox, the days become longer than the nights and the vitality of the northern hemisphere resumes from the death of winter. Hence, the resurrection of Day in its battles with Night (a myth traced to the Egyptian sun god Horus circa 3000 BC).

Characteristics of Horus* (Egyptian sun god 3000 BC):

Born on Dec 25th

Born of a Virgin

Found by following star in the east

Adored by Three Kings

Teacher at 12

Baptized/ministry at 30

12 disciples

Performed miracles

Known by nicknames "The Truth", "The Light"

Was Crucified

Died for 3 days

Resurrected

Some early Christians wanted to be a little bit different from the other Jews.

Easter originally called Ooster is a pagan ritual held by the druids in pre-christian times on the 4th full moon after the summer solstice.

When you consider that all and I mean all the early Christians were Jewish to include J/C him self can't understand it either.