Editing Reform of the date of Easter (section)

=== 2008–2009 proposals ===

In 2008 and 2009, there was a new attempt to reach a consensus on a unified date on the part of Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant leaders.<ref name="Sandri">{{Cite web | title = New attempt to achieve a common date for Easter | last = Sandri | first = Luigi | work = Ekklesia | date = 6 December 2008 | access-date = 2016-01-24 | url = http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/8130 }}</ref><ref name="Ekklesia">{{Cite web | title = Hope for a common date for Easter affirmed again | work = Ekklesia  | date = 29 May 2009 | access-date = 2016-01-24 | url = http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/9553 }}</ref> This effort largely relies on earlier work carried out during the 1997 Aleppo conference.<ref name="byzcath.org"/><ref name="Christianpost">{{cite web |url=http://www.christianpost.com/news/ecumenical-christians-look-forward-to-shared-easter-dates-38932/ |title=Ecumenical Christians Look Forward to Shared Easter Dates |newspaper=Christianpost.com |date=1 June 2009 |author= Aaron J. Leichman |access-date= 2016-01-24}}</ref> It was organized by academics working at the Institute of Ecumenical Studies of [[Lviv University]].<ref name="CathNews ">{{Cite web|title=Hopes rise for East-West common Easter |work=CathNews |date=29 May 2009 |access-date=2016-01-24 |url=http://cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=14084 |archive-date=February 9, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130209094946/http://cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=14084 }}</ref>

Part of this attempt was reportedly influenced by ecumenical efforts in Syria and Lebanon, where the [[Melkite Greek Catholic Church|Greek-Melkite Church]] has played an important role in improving ties with the Orthodox.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.soufanieh.com/PETITION/19820107.lettre.unite.eveques.htm| title = 1982 petition for a unified Easter date}}</ref><ref name="Spero">{{Cite web | title = Christians eye common date for Easter | work = Spero News | date = 8 December 2008 | access-date = 2016-01-24 | url = http://www.speroforum.com/a/16989/Christians-eye-common-date-for-Easter#.VqTRtlnwhek | archive-date = 2016-01-30 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160130144048/http://www.speroforum.com/a/16989/Christians-eye-common-date-for-Easter#.VqTRtlnwhek | url-status = dead }}</ref> There is also a series of apparition phenomena known as [[Our Lady of Soufanieh]] that has urged for a common date of Easter.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.soufanieh.com/PETITION/petition.htm| title = Petition for a Common date of Easter}}</ref>