Overview
- The Spanish Episcopal Conference signaled openness to engaging Orthodox churches on unifying the date of Easter so Holy Week would fall on the same days each year.
- The discussion is taking place during the bishops’ plenary assembly underway in Madrid since Tuesday.
- An ecumenical prayer gathering at Almudena Cathedral on Thursday evening brings together Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican and Evangelical representatives.
- The renewed effort is framed by the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, which set early principles for calculating Easter.
- No church-wide agreement has been reached, and any calendar change would require broader international consensus beyond Spain.