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Rule to Determine the Date of Feast of Feasts Holy and Glorious PaschaThe rule is that:
Then, the earliest possible date for Feasts of Feasts Holy and Glorious Pascha is March 22 and the latest possible date is April 25. The lunar cycles used by the ecclesiastical system are simple to program. The following algorithm will compute the date of Feast of Feasts Holy and Glorious Pascha in the Gregorian Calendar system. The algorithm uses the year, y, to give the month, m, and day, d, of Easter. The symbol * means multiply. Please note the following: This is an integer calculation. All variables are integers and all remainders from division are dropped. For example, 7 divided by 3 is equal to 2 in integer arithmetic. c = y / 100 n = y - 19 * ( y / 19 ) k = ( c - 17 ) / 25 i = c - c / 4 - ( c - k ) / 3 + 19 * n + 15 i = i - 30 * ( i / 30 ) i = i - ( i / 28 ) * ( 1 - ( i / 28 ) * ( 29 / ( i + 1 ) ) * ( ( 21 - n ) / 11 ) ) j = y + y / 4 + i + 2 - c + c / 4 j = j - 7 * ( j / 7 ) l = i - j m = 3 + ( l + 40 ) / 44 d = l + 28 - 31 * ( m / 4 ) For example, using the year 2010, y=2010, c=2010/100=20, n=2010 - 19 x (2010/19) = 2010 - 19 x (105) = 15, [see note above regarding integer calculations] etc. resulting in Easter on April 4, 2010. The algorithm is due to J.-M. Oudin (1940) and is reprinted in the Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac, ed. P. K. Seidelmann (1992). See Chapter 12, "Calendars", by L. E. Doggett. Melkites use both the Julian Calendar and the Gregorian Calendar to determine the date of Pascha.The Patriarch / Batriyark uses the Julian Calendar with the approval of His Holiness Ioannes Paulus II (John Paul II), Pope.The Patriarch / Batriyark celebrates Pascha on the same day as the Orthodox. This practice began in 2002 with the approval of His Holiness Ioannes Paulus II (John Paul II), Pope. The Orthodox use the Julian Calendar. Countries, where the dominate Christians are Orthodox, use the Julian CalendarMelkites, in countries where the dominate Christians are Orthodox, celebrate on the same day as the Orthodox. The Orthodox use the Julian Calendar. Countries, where the dominate Christians are Latin, use the Gregorian CalendarMelkites, in countries where the dominate christians are Latin Catholics, celebrate on the same day as the Latin Catholics. The Latin Catholics use the Gregorian Calendar. His Beatitude, Gregorios III, Patriarch / Batriyark of the cities of Antioch, Alexandria and Jerusalem, of Cilicia, Syria, Iberia, Arabia Mesopotamia, Pentapolis, Ethiopia, of all of Egypt and the entire East, Father of Fathers, Pastor of Pastors, Bishop of Bishops, the Thirteenth of The Holy Apostles (Patriarcat Grec Melkite Catholique) 's explanation of the date of Pascha in his 2010 Pascha Letter via the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, Eparchy of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation (Al Bisharah) in Roslindale, Massachusetts), United StatesHis Beatitude, Gregorios III, Patriarch / Batriyark's 2010 Pascha Letter Proposal of His Holiness Ioannes Paulus II (John Paul II) for one Feast of Feasts Holy and Glorious Pascha date for all Christians"POPE AGAIN PROPOSES ONE EASTER DATE FOR ALL CHRISTIANS Calendars of Eastern and Western Churches Do Not Coincide", an article from Zenit.org Web Site Home - Theology Home - Hierarchy Home - Locations Home - Education Home - Stewardship Home - Links Home - Vendors Home - Alphabetical Index Home - Thesaurus Home - Sitemap Home - Arabic fonts Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information Center Martha Liles Web URL address: Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information Center or https://www.mliles.com/melkite/ E-mail: mliles@mliles.com or mliles@mliles.com Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information Center is
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