The orthodox christmas

DaemianLucifer · Unread postby **DaemianLucifer** » 04 Jan 2007, 15:14

Well,the unorthodox christmas has passed,but now its time for the real thing!How many of you are still faithfull to the one true calendar?Is it only a serb thing,or do others celebrate their christmass this sunday?

theLuckyDragon · Unread postby **theLuckyDragon** » 04 Jan 2007, 15:20

Watch it, mister. You've got neighbours who are Orthodox and use the Gregorian calendar.

According to a text about Christmas I had to translate, the Russian, Serbian, Armenian, Coptic and Ethiopian churches celebrate Christmas according to the Julian calendar. But I'm sure wiki can tell you more about that.

DaemianLucifer · Unread postby **DaemianLucifer** » 04 Jan 2007, 15:25

theLuckyDragon wrote:Watch it, mister. You've got neighbours who are Orthodox and use the Gregorian calendar.

Thats why I wrote the last sentence.Unbeliever

According to a text about Christmas I had to translate, the Russian, Serbian, Armenian, Coptic and Ethiopian churches celebrate Christmas according to the Julian calendar. But I'm sure wiki can tell you more about that.[/quote]

You mean something like this?

ThunderTitan · Unread postby **ThunderTitan** » 04 Jan 2007, 19:48

Oh, the Julian Christmas is here. How nice. It's so good that you're following a calendar that slowly lags behind.

See you in 2100:

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).

Metathron · Unread postby **Metathron** » 04 Jan 2007, 21:20

I do celebrate it, but more along the lines of "When in Rome, do as the Romans do", meaning only when I'm in an Orthodox country, which currently I am not.

But the last three years in row, it was always me who pulled the coin out of the bread, if you catch my drift.

Akul · Unread postby **Akul** » 04 Jan 2007, 21:42

Well... happy Christmas to you orto-believers.

(Astar, because it seems that you have stoped posting before TT and you were baned, why do I think that you were celebrating Christmas and New Year in neighbourhood so that you can say how you had double new year?

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DaemianLucifer · Unread postby **DaemianLucifer** » 04 Jan 2007, 21:45

Pffft!I always have double christmas and double new year.The marvels of atheisam

Kalah · Unread postby **Kalah** » 04 Jan 2007, 22:19

We are opening new threads for every holiday now? Fine by me, but no spamming.

DaemianLucifer · Unread postby **DaemianLucifer** » 06 Jan 2007, 23:14

The day finally arived.Merry christmass to everyone that celebrates it now.We had some nice fireworks here.Much nicer(read:quiter)than those for new years.And now,the feasting may comence

ThunderTitan · Unread postby **ThunderTitan** » 06 Jan 2007, 23:16

Fireworks for Christmas?! Since when?!

Happy Julian Christmas, and see you at Easter.

DaemianLucifer · Unread postby **DaemianLucifer** » 07 Jan 2007, 03:43

I just watched the yu-gi-oh carol,and I must say it really shows the true spirit of christmas.

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