Happy Christmas

moonbus

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07 Jan 25 07:07

moonbus

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07 Jan 25 07:07

... to the Russian Orthodox (who still use the Julian calendar).

https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/why-are-russians-celebrating-christmas-on-january-7-explained/article69056975.ece

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08 Jan 25 08:10

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@moonbus said
... to the Russian Orthodox (who still use the Julian calendar).

https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/why-are-russians-celebrating-christmas-on-january-7-explained/article69056975.ece

So how many days are they behind by now?

You know this is the reason why the Revolution of 1917 is known as the October Revolution when it should be the November Revolution.

moonbus

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08 Jan 25 10:37

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@Suzianne said
So how many days are they behind by now?

You know this is the reason why the Revolution of 1917 is known as the October Revolution when it should be the November Revolution.

13 days, I think.

No, I did not know that.

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08 Jan 25 11:08

@moonbus said
13 days, I think.

No, I did not know that.

Same days of the month, actually.

The day was October 25, 1917 in the Julian calendar, but November 7, 1917 in the Gregorian.