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There are some instances, at least with Greek namedays, where a certain name is celebrated a different date every year. For example, the name "Lazarus" is celebrated the Saturday before Greek Orthodox Easter Sunday, which is at a different date every year. Can something like this be accomplished currently, or can I ask for this feature to be included in some future release?
Thank you.
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Comment #1
sajt CreditAttribution: sajt commentedHuh :) The nameday module now is based on the date. This is not a perfect solution because for example the Easter can not inserted to it. It is looks difficult like the i18n.
When I started this module, the target was a little block. But if I like to make it an international module, (and I like) it must be work in everywhere.
We must to find a good programmed algorithm to this work.
I have some TODO with the this module, for example the integration with the date, the calendar module and the date API. But it is look's like the most important TODO.
Comment #2
karschsp CreditAttribution: karschsp commentedThis may help: http://php.net/manual/en/function.easter-date.php
Comment #3
klonosYou need to keep in mind that although the great majority of Greece respects the Western calendar (it is the official calendar used in Greece), there still is a small percentage of Orthodox that still go by the Julian Calendar:
Greek Old Calendarists / Ορθόδοξοι Παλαιοημερολογίτες (same article in Greek)
A more precise explanation from the "Notes on Feasts with fixed dates in the Orthodox Calendar" section of the The Orthodox Ecclesiastical Calendar article:
Comment #4
klonosThere is #1180480: Algorithm to calculate Western/Catholic Easter date. specifically for the calculation of the Catholic Easter.