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When is Easter and the dates of Good Friday and Easter Monday bank holidays?

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Easter is right around the corner and will see families all across the country spend some quality time and get involved in fun activities.

The Christian holiday is very special in the UK and is marked by two national Bank Holidays which doesn't happen often. Easter is always preceded by Good Friday with following Monday being marked as Easter Monday, which means many workers could get a four-day weekend.

This year, Good Friday will fall on April 7 which will mark the start of the Easter weekend. Easter Sunday then follows on April 9 with Easter Monday on April 10. Read more: Five things to do before the end of the tax year, according to a money expert While many festivals are on fixed days, Easter is a movable feast and is usually celebrated on the first Sunday after the full moon on or after March 21 because it is based on the lunar calendar.

This way of deciding Easter's date is rooted in a very old history. In the year 325, a council of Christian Bishops known as the First Council of Nicea decided that Easter would fall on the next full moon following the spring equinox.

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