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he holiest month of the Christian differently, too. To correct for the 0.0588 calendar is upon us: Pascha, Easter, or difference in days each year, under the GregoResurrection Sunday – we celebrate Christ’s rian calendar, every year divisible by four is conquering of death. a leap year (as in the Julian calendar), unless For centuries, through the act of compu- the year is also divisible by 100. This “centutus, this day has been calculated as the first rial year” is not a leap year. However, if the Sunday (day of the Sun) after the Paschal full centurial year is divisible by 400, then it is moon, the lunation occurring on or after the a leap year. vernal equinox, which was typically assumed This small correction prevents the slow to be March 21. creep of the numerical calendar away from So why the difference between the the observable passage of time – at least for Orthodox and Catholic and Protestant a few thousand years! churches? This is a roundabout way of saying, this While the vernal equinox is a fixed Easter, remember to make time for God. point in time, geospatially derived where the celestial equator crosses the ecliptic, the numerical date used to denote the equinox Ben Williams depends on which calendar is used. The Gregorian calendar (promulgated by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582) was specifically devised to correct the drift of March 21 from the vernal equinox. The Julian calendar estimated Two Great Opportunities to the solar year as 365.25 days long. A small error here introduced an epagomenal (or uncalendared) day Knights Templar Holy Land Pilgrimage every century. for Christian Ministers By the sixteenth century, this 2024 – tentatively had added up sufficiently for Easter Group A: February 5 – February 15, 2024 to occur weeks before March 21. Group B: February 19 – February 29, 2024 The Gregorian calendar corrects Program Overview, Nomination Forms, Guidethis error by using a 365.2422 day lines for Selection, Fees, etc. for local Comsolar year. Pope Gregory also deleted manderies and State Committees are available ten days out of the year 1582 (Thurson the website. day October 4, 1582, was followed by Friday October 15, 1582). This In the Footsteps of Jesus put the customary dates (March 21 a Pilgrim’s Journey for Sir Knights, Ladies, and September 21) on or, dependFriends, and Guests ing on where in the world you are November 5 – November 15, 2023 located, near the equinoxes again. For full information, forms, and details, go to: To maintain the difference, the Gregorian calendar applies leap years
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