¶ TABLES and RULES for the Moveable and Immoveable Feasts; together with the Days of Fasting and Abstinence through the whole Year. RULES, To know when the Moveable Feasts and Holy-Days begin. EASTER-DAY, on which the rest depend, is always the first Sunday after the Full Moon, which happens upon, or next after, the twenty-first Day of March; and if the Full Moon happen upon a Sunday, Easter-Day is the Sunday after. Advent Sunday is always the nearest Sunday to the Feast of St. Andrew, whether before or after. A TABLE OF FEASTS, To be observed in this Church, throughout the Year.' All Sundays in the Year. The Circumcision of our Lord JESUS CHRIST. The Epiphany. The Conversion of St. Paul. The Purification of the Blessed Virgin. St Matthias the Apostle. The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin. St. Mark the Evangelist. St. Philip and St. James, the Apostles. The Ascension of our Lord JESUS CHRIST. The Nativity of St. John the Baptist. St. Peter the Apostle. St. James the Apostle. TABLE OF FEASTS, &c. St. Bartholomew the Apostle. St. Simon and St. Jude, the Apostles. St. Andrew the Apostle. St. Thomas the Apostle. The Nativity of our Lord JESUS CHRIST. St. John the Evangelist. The Holy Innocents. Monday and Tuesday in Easter-Week. Other Days of Fasting; on which the Church requires such a Measure of Abstinence, as is more especially suited to extraordinary Acts and Exercises of Devotion. 1st. The Season of Lent. 2d. The Ember-Days at the Four Seasons, being the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, after the first Sunday in Lent, the Feast of Penticost, September 14, and December 13. 3d. The three Rogation Days, being the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday before Holy Thursday, or the Ascension of our Lord. 4th. All the Fridays in the year, except ChristmasDay. In addition to the above, the first Thursday in November, (or, if any other day be appointed by the civil authority, then such day) shall be observed as a day of Thanksgiving to Almighty God, for the Fruits of the Earth, and all other Blessings of his Merciful Provi dence. ¶ TABLES FOR FINDING THE HOLY DAYS. ATable to find Easter-Day, from the present Time, 'till the Year 1899 inclusive. THIS Table contains so much of the determining of Easter; to find which, look for the Golden Number of the year in the first column of the Table, against which stands the the Calendar as is necessary for Golden Day of the Sunday day of the Paschal Full Moon; then Number. Month. Letter. look in the third column for the Sunday Letter, next after the day. of the Full Moon; and the day of the month standing against that Sunday Letter is Easter-Day. If the Full Moon happen upon a Sunday, then (according to the first rule) the next Sunday after is Easter-Day. To find the Golden Number or Prime, add to the year of our Lord, and then divide by 19, the remainder, if any, is the Golden Number; but if nothing remain, then 19 is the Golden Number. F To find the Dominical or Sunday Letter, according to the Calendar, until the year 1799 inclusive, add to the year of our Lord JOA its fourth part, omitting frac-G tions, and also the number 1: Divide the sum by 7, and if 31 there be no remainder, then A is the Sunday Letter, but 5c if any number remain, then 6B the Letter standing against that number in the small annexed Table, is the Sunday Letter. For the next Century, that is, from the year 1800 till the year 1899, inclusive, add to the current year only its fourth part, and then divide by 7, and proceed as in the last rule. Note, That in all Bissextile or Leap Years, the Letter found as above will be the Sunday Letter from the intercalated day exclusive, to the end of the year. C 2 |