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For the reference, Ukrainian Orthodox Church got the memo and switched to Revised Julian calendar as recently as last year. Calendars and timezones are still po

For the reference, Ukrainian Orthodox Church got the memo and switched to Revised Julian calendar as recently as last year. Calendars and timezones are still politcs.

eru 3y ago
Going off on a tangent: the 19th century Crimean War broke out partially because in one specific year Easter fell on the same date in both the Orthodox and Western Christian calendars, leading to kerfuffle at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
- Muromec 3y ago
  Or at least that was a good excuse to start it
  - eru 3y ago
    Yes. That's why I coyly wrote 'broke out partially because', not 'was caused by'.
ajuc 3y ago
That's just for holidays not for regular dates tho, right? BTW I love how Slavic countries' month names show the climate changes between the countries. Like we all have flowers month and linden trees month and scything month but the months are shifted :)
- Muromec 3y ago
  It’s about holidays, yes. So Christmas was on December 25, just their December 25 was everyone’s January 7th. Not sure what else they used the calendar internally for.