Lazarus Saturday

[Fred vS]

It is today!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_Saturday

[Roland57]

Thank you Fred for reminding us that story. But "before Palm Sunday", it rather was last saturday. 

[Fred vS]

But "before Palm Sunday", it rather was last saturday. 

Ha, ok, (but I see, depends on the paschal computus, that Lazarus Saturday is, in 2023, the 8 April, so maybe something to change in Wikipedia.)

[Roland57]

Anyway thank you Fred for the interesting reading. I had never heard of Lazarus saturday before, though I try to be a good Catholic as much as possible. 

[Zoran]

Thank you Fred for reminding us that story. But "before Palm Sunday", it rather was last saturday. 

Here in Serbia, we celebrate Lazarus Saturday today.
The explanation is that many Orthodox churches still follow Julian calendar, and this year Easter is one week later than in western churches. That is, not tomorrow, but next week.

I had never heard of Lazarus saturday before, though I try to be a good Catholic as much as possible. 

See, The linked article starts with

Lazarus Saturday in Eastern Christianity

So, it seems that only Eastern Christianity celebrates it; not so strange you didn't know it until now.

I wish you happy Easter tomorrow!

[bobby100]

Our tradition (Walachian here) says that Lazarus died of longing for pies. Thats why we eat cheese-pies (walachian: plăcintă, serbian: pita sa sirom) on this day, although in the fasting period.
It is also the day of forming sororities (formal brotherhoods and sisterhoods are stil a thing in our culture).

[Roland57]

@Zoran

Thanks for the explanation. Indeed, I didn't pay attention to the Eastern word. So finally Fred was right. 

Thank you for your wishes.

@bobby100

Very interesting. Thanks!

[Roland57]

I wrote this C program, to make sure that I had well understood the question.

Code: C  [Select][+][-]

1. // easter2023.c
2. // gcc -o easter2023 easter2023.c calfaq.c
3.  
4. #include <stdio.h>
5.  
6. #include "calfaq.h" /* https://www.tondering.dk/download/calfaq.zip */
7.  
8. int main(void)
9. {
10.   int year, month, day;
11.   int jdn;
12.  
13.   year = 2023;
14.  
15.   easter(JULIAN, year, &month, &day);
16.  
17.   printf("Easter 2023 for the Orthodox Church (computed using the Julian calendar): month %d day %d\n", month, day);
18.  
19.   jdn = date_to_jdn(JULIAN, year, month, day);
20.   jdn_to_date(GREGORIAN, jdn, &year, &month, &day);
21.  
22.   printf("The same day in Gregorian calendar: year %d month %d day %d\n", year, month, day);
23.  
24.   jdn -= 8;
25.  
26.   jdn_to_date(GREGORIAN, jdn, &year, &month, &day);
27.  
28.   printf("Lazarus Saturday in Gregorian calendar: year %d month %d day %d\n", year, month, day);
29.  
30.   return 0;
31. }

[roland@localhost calfaq]$ ./easter2023
Easter 2023 for the Orthodox Church (computed using the Julian calendar): month 4 day 3
The same day in Gregorian calendar: year 2023 month 4 day 16
Lazarus Saturday in Gregorian calendar: year 2023 month 4 day 8
[roland@localhost calfaq]$

The Pascal version is coming soon. 

[Roland57]

The Pascal version is coming soon. 

Done here.

[Fred vS]

The Pascal version is coming soon. 

Done here.

Code: Bash  [Select][+][-]

1. > ~/easter-date-main/pascal/lazarussaturday
2. Lazarus Saturday 2023: 08-04

Very nice, thanks Roland!

Fre;D

PS: Here on Linux 64 bit and fpc 3.2.2. I have to add this on units: EasterDate.pas, JulianDayNumber.pas and LazarusSaturday.pas:

Code: Pascal  [Select][+][-]

1. {$ifdef FPC}{$mode objfpc}{$h+}{$endif}

Otherwise I get this error message ( the same for each units ):

Compiling easterdate.pas
easterdate.pas(24,76) Fatal: Syntax error, ")" expected but "=" found
Fatal: Compilation aborted

[Roland57]

Thank you Fred. Modification done.