Re: Religion and Holidays, were Socialism (WAS: Re: Why Can't We Just Not Talk Politics?

Mark J. Reed wrote:

>On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 11:53:16AM -0500, Isidora Zamora wrote:
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>>Insofar as we observe New Year, we observe Gregorian New Year, because we
>>use the Julian calendar only for liturgical time,
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>That's what I figured.  Thanks. :)
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>>the Eastern Orthodox Church New Year is September 1st
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>Hm.  Sept 1 Julian = Sept 14 Gregorian?  That's my parents' wedding
>anniversary.   :)
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>According to the _Oxford_Companion_to_the_Year_:
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>        From the mid-fifth century (perhaps from 462), 1 September was
>        the first day of both the calendar year and the 'Greek'
>        indiction year at Constantinople; it is still the beginning
>        of the Orthodox ecclesiastical year.
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Similarly, the traditional British new year is on March the 25th(Date of
conception of Christ, assuming he was born on the 25th of December).  As
such, the British tax year starts on April the 6th(March 25th Julian).

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