Moveable and Fixed Feast Day Calendars for Germany: Difference between revisions

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'''During this transition of information, some of the following links are to pages entitled "[[Denmark Feast Day Calendars|Denmark: Moveable Feast Days.]]" When this happens, be assured that the calendar also applies to Germany.'''
'''During this transition of information, some of the following links are to pages entitled "[[Denmark Feast Day Calendars|Denmark: Moveable Feast Days.]]" When this happens, be assured that the calendar also applies to Germany in Protestant areas.'''


Many times in the German Church Records, a minister recorded the date of an event by the name of the Fixed or Moveable Feast Date which is based on the liturgical year (the church year) rather than the Julian or Gregorian date that we would recognize. To convert a Moveable Feast Day that you see in a record to a Julian or Gregorian date, choose the year that you are working in from the table below.  
Many times in the German Church Records, a minister recorded the date of an event by the name of the Fixed or Moveable Feast Date which is based on the liturgical year (the church year) rather than the Julian or Gregorian date that we would recognize. To convert a Moveable Feast Day that you see in a record to a Julian or Gregorian date, choose the year that you are working in from the table below.  
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