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Posted by PentEcclesiastic (# 12098) on :

In the calendar of the BCP on p. 19, there is a list with dates and names of saints for observation. What are the alphabets next to the dates?

And on that note, why are some devotional/prayer books spelling calendar with a "K"?

Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :

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Originally posted by PentEcclesiastic:
In the calendar of the BCP on p. 19, there is a list with dates and names of saints for observation. What are the alphabets next to the dates?

Letters "a" through "g" indicate the days of the week, which of course change from year to year.

Posted by Al Eluia (# 864) on :

It has to do with the tables and rules for finding Easter day on pp. 880-81.

Posted by Ecclesiastical Flip-flop (# 10745) on :

These letters A-G can also be found in the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

I know the letter for every first day of the month - throughout the year - by heart and I am aware that the same letter is repeated on the 8th, 15th, 22nd & 29th of the month. Other daily letters can be worked out from there. Strictly speaking, the 29th February in leap year, does not have one of these letters, and is the only date in the year to which that applies.

There is a reason why I know this information by heart and if you were to meet me in person, you would find out why.

Posted by PentEcclesiastic (# 12098) on :

I see.

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me.

I'm content with skipping this part of the ride on the Canterbury Trail.

Thanks everyone.

Posted by Ceremoniar (# 13596) on :

Kalendar is an older form of spelling used in medieval England and later. It is sometimes used today to distinguish the civil calendar from the ecclesiastical calendar.I have always used it that way.

Posted by Mockingbird (# 5818) on :

In the March and April calendar pages there are little numbers to the left of the Sunday letters. These are lunar numbers. They indicate (to a good approximation) when the Full moon of Easter occurs for every year up to 2199.

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