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An application that can toll quarters, on the hour, display sun and moon astronomy infos, show random Bible verses, remind the user of Christian feasts and play rythmic semantron drumming sounds on feast days. Dedicated to bell lovers and Christians.

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Church Bells Tower

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An application that can toll quarters, on the hour, display astronomic details about the sun and moon, show random Bible verses, remind the user of Christian feasts and... reproduce semantron drumming sounds. Dedicated to bell lovers and Christians.

Church Bells Tower - screenshot

Downloaded latest version (compiled for x64/x32, Windows binary)

Application also available on Windows Store.

Features

  • strike quarter-hours
  • strike on the hour once... or the number of hours
  • toll distinctively every six hours [early morning, at noon, in the evening and at midnight]
  • options to automatically limit chimes if music is playing in the background or if videos play in full-screen
  • easy to configure intervals to chime or to keep silent
  • option to display time when it chimes/strikes/toll ;-)
  • ... with an analog clock display (optional)
  • tick/tock background sound
  • display a random Bible verse in English, French, Spanish, or in other languages, at a user-defined frequency (e.g., every three hours)
  • dedicated panel for astronomy
    • sun and moon positions on the sky
    • sun rises and sets, moon phases, moon rises and sets
    • equinoxes and solstices
    • tables and graphs for sunlight and moonlight lengths through-out the year and other details
    • over 40000 searchable predefined locations
    • user-definable custom geographic location
    • and much more
  • option to announce / observe Christian feast days or other celebrations
    • the app automatically calculates the date for Easter and related celebrations based on the religion selected: Orthodox or Catholic
    • secular list of celebrations
    • user-definable yearly celebrations: users can easily define new yearly reminders for any kind of events or celebrations
  • options to set an alarm or a timer with customizable message and sound
  • stopwatch - an effective panel that can help users track their activities
  • option to regularly play semantron drumming sounds on days of feast in Christianity
  • highly customizable OSD, with option to have the colors change based on the sun and moon positions on the sky
  • option to start at boot [if compiled]

Developed by Marius Șucan.

I coded the application as an AHK script for AutoHotkey_L v1.1.30. To execute/compile the source code one needs AutoHotkey_L v1.1.3+.

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An application that can toll quarters, on the hour, display sun and moon astronomy infos, show random Bible verses, remind the user of Christian feasts and play rythmic semantron drumming sounds on feast days. Dedicated to bell lovers and Christians.

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