I would have no problems with this idea. Wonder is there is any authentic objections from either Chruch.
Meeting the U.S.-born patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, Pope Francis expressed his hope that Christians of the East and West could finally agree on a common date for celebrating Easter.
“Let us have the courage to put an end to this division that at times makes us laugh” with the ridiculous possibility that Christians could ask each other, “When does your Christ rise again?” the pope told Catholicos Awa III, the patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East.
The Assyrian Church of the East, which is not in full communion with any of the Orthodox or Oriental Orthodox churches, began a theological dialogue with the Vatican in the mid-1990s.
During their meeting, Catholicos Awa mentioned his hope and the hope of many other Christians to find a way to celebrate Easter on the same day.
Pope Francis thanked him and said, “I want to say—indeed, to repeat—what St. Paul VI said in his day: We are ready to accept any proposal that is made together.”
In 2025, the pope noted, Christians will celebrate the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, and the Gregorian and Julian calendars will align that year so that Christians of the East and West will celebrate Easter on the same day.
Pope Francis was referring to an appendix to the Second Vatican Council’s 1963 Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, promulgated by Pope Paul. The declaration “on revision of the calendar” said council members “would not object if the feast of Easter were assigned to a particular Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, provided that those whom it may concern, especially the brethren who are not in communion with the Apostolic See, give their assent.”
Christian leaders should “be courageous and search together” for a solution that will bring a common celebration of Easter every year, the pope said. “I’m willing, yet not me, the Catholic Church is willing to follow what St. Paul VI said. Agree and we will go where you say.”
Pope Francis says Catholics are ready for a common Easter date with the Assyrian Church | America Magazine
Meeting the U.S.-born patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, Pope Francis expressed his hope that Christians of the East and West could finally agree on a common date for celebrating Easter.
“Let us have the courage to put an end to this division that at times makes us laugh” with the ridiculous possibility that Christians could ask each other, “When does your Christ rise again?” the pope told Catholicos Awa III, the patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East.
The Assyrian Church of the East, which is not in full communion with any of the Orthodox or Oriental Orthodox churches, began a theological dialogue with the Vatican in the mid-1990s.
During their meeting, Catholicos Awa mentioned his hope and the hope of many other Christians to find a way to celebrate Easter on the same day.
Pope Francis thanked him and said, “I want to say—indeed, to repeat—what St. Paul VI said in his day: We are ready to accept any proposal that is made together.”
In 2025, the pope noted, Christians will celebrate the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, and the Gregorian and Julian calendars will align that year so that Christians of the East and West will celebrate Easter on the same day.
Pope Francis was referring to an appendix to the Second Vatican Council’s 1963 Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, promulgated by Pope Paul. The declaration “on revision of the calendar” said council members “would not object if the feast of Easter were assigned to a particular Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, provided that those whom it may concern, especially the brethren who are not in communion with the Apostolic See, give their assent.”
Christian leaders should “be courageous and search together” for a solution that will bring a common celebration of Easter every year, the pope said. “I’m willing, yet not me, the Catholic Church is willing to follow what St. Paul VI said. Agree and we will go where you say.”
Pope Francis says Catholics are ready for a common Easter date with the Assyrian Church | America Magazine