Iva’s WTF site – Squirrelism.net

I’m so slow these days. And this weekend I got so bored. I almost got in a fight with my online friends because of the obvious differences. I respect the so-called majority and their holidays, I really do…but at the same time, they should respect me as well.

So, here’s a link for you to learn something about Eastern Orthodox Church, Great Schism, Julian calendar and Christmas on 07th January, and one to learn about Serbian Orthodox Church. In short…if you really want to wish me a merry Christmas, do it on 07th January, not 25th December! Don’t toss your habits into my face because I would not toss mine into yours.

The solar part of the revised Julian calendar was accepted by only some Orthodox churches. Those that did accept it, with hope for improved dialogue and negotiations with the Western denominations, were the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, the Patriarchates of Alexandria, Antioch, the Orthodox Churches of Greece, Cyprus, Romania, Poland, Bulgaria (the last in 1963), and the Orthodox Church in America (although some OCA parishes are permitted to use the Julian calendar). Thus these churches celebrate the Nativity on the same day that Western Christians do, 25 December Gregorian until 2800. The Orthodox Churches of Jerusalem, Russia, Macedonia, Serbia, Georgia, Ukraine, and the Greek Old Calendarists continue to use the Julian calendar for their fixed dates, thus they celebrate the Nativity on 25 December Julian (which is 7 January Gregorian until 2100).

At the same time, merry Christmas to all of you who do celebrate it today, with the tree, enormous gifts and rich dinners and other stuff that’s common for western Christianity. Hope you guys had a good time.

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