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[prodromos]

Julian means Christmas is December 25th? Forgive my ignorance.

Christmas is on December 25th on both the Julian (old) and Gregorian (new) calendar, but the Julian calendar is 13 days later than the Gregorian calendar, so count 13 days after December 25 and you find yourself on January 7th. The civil calendar used around the world corresponds to the Gregorian calendar. Today is December 31st on the Gregorian (new) calendar, but is December 18th on the Julian (old) calendar. Tomorrow will be the feast day of St Basil on the new calendar, which won't be celebrated for another 13 days on the old calendar.

 

[RileyG]

Christmas is on December 25th on both the Julian (old) and Gregorian (new) calendar, but the Julian calendar is 13 days later than the Gregorian calendar, so count 13 days after December 25 and you find yourself on January 7th. The civil calendar used around the world corresponds to the Gregorian calendar. Today is December 31st on the Gregorian (new) calendar, but is December 18th on the Julian (old) calendar. Tomorrow will be the feast day of St Basil on the new calendar, which won't be celebrated for another 13 days on the old calendar.

Thank you, I think I'm following...so when does the Serbs (in America) celebrate it?

 

[prodromos]

Thank you, I think I'm following...so when does the Serbs (in America) celebrate it?

December 25th according to the old (Julian) calendar, which is in a few days.

 

[gurneyhalleck1]

Thank you, I think I'm following...so when does the Serbs (in America) celebrate it?

We celebrate January 7th

 

[RileyG]

We celebrate January 7th

Thank you. I obviously have a lot to learn

 

[gurneyhalleck1]

Thank you. I obviously have a lot to learn

No worries!

 

[All4Christ]

By the way, do North Slavic-related churches like Russians, Ukrainians,
Aleutians, Japanese, Belarussians, Finns, Estonians, and Baltic peoples who are not Carpatho-Rusyn or Ruthenian Greek Catholic but rather who are memners of churches that use the Russian practices (basically those Northern churches where the priest wears an Athonite phelonion which are in areas that have a historical connection to the Russian church) traditionally use the Vesperal Divine Liturgy of St. Basil on the Nativity?

I have noticed several this year that had Vigils but not the liturgy of St. Basil on the evening of the 24th.

My parish (OCA church) has a vigil on Nativity Eve and a Divine Liturgy on the Nativity. We have the vesperal liturgy of St Basil soon after for the Feast of St Basil (12/31) and for the Eve of Theophany. I’m not sure why we don’t use it for the Eve of the Nativity.