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Took even longer in Eastern Europe and the Eastern Orthodox countries. The last country of Eastern Orthodox Europe to adopt the Gregorian calendar for civil pu
by peapicker 6y ago
Took even longer in Eastern Europe and the Eastern Orthodox countries.
The last country of Eastern Orthodox Europe to adopt the Gregorian calendar for civil purposes was Greece, only ~100 years ago, at the time under military administration following the 11 September 1922 Revolution, with Wednesday 15 February 1923 being followed by Thursday 1 March 1923.
- sb057 6y agoFor anyone looking for an interesting rabbit trail, they may want to read up on Eastern Orthodox calendars and their controversies; specifically, the Revised Julian calendar, which is effectively a more accurate Gregorian calendar. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Julian_calendar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Julian_calendar
- billfruit 6y agoI guess these countries still follow the older calendar still for some church activities. This years Easter is yet to to happen in Russia, for example.
- tdeck 6y agoThis also explains the confusing naming of the two Russian revolutions: The February/March revolution, and the October/November revolution.
- acdw 6y agoI read an essay once by Isaac Asimov about this fact .. and I remember that in russia they hadn't fully switched when he was born, but did before his family immigrated to America. By that time the loss was 13 days, and he ended the essay by saying, "Where are my thirteen days? Give me my thirteen days!"