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Julian Calendar

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What is the Julian Calendar?

The Julian Calendar (also called the Church, 'Old', or Ecclesiastical calendar) is the calendar of the undivided Church of Christ. It would be the only calendar of the Christian world were it not for the unilateral action in 1582 by Heterodox Pope Gregory XIII and his humanist astronomers. The calculations of Rome put the so-called 'Western' date of Easter (Pascha) in direct conflict with the canons of the undivided Church as expressed at the Ecumenical Council of Nicea (a council accepted by the Western church).

Tables of Feasts

The following small table shows why the corretct date of Pascha (set by the Council of Nicea) and the date that the Roman Catholic Pope sets for Easter can vary by as much as five weeks. (It has to do with the lunar cycle calendar of the Jews).

Jewish PassoverGregorian EasterOrthodox Pascha
2008Apr 7
(Apr 20)		Mar 10
(Mar 23)		Apr 14
(Apr 27)
2009Mar 27
(Apr 9)		Mar 30
(Apr 12)		Apr 6
(Apr 19)
2010Mar 17
(Mar 30)		Mar 22
(Apr 4)		Mar 22
(Apr 4)
2011Apr 6
(Apr 19)		Apr 11
(Apr 24)		Apr 11
(Apr 24)
2012Mar 25
(Apr 7)		Mar 26
(Apr 8)		Apr 2
(Apr 15)
2013Mar 13
(Mar 26)		Mar 18
(Mar 31)		Apr 22
(May 5)
2014Apr 2
(Apr 15)		Apr 7
(Apr 20)		Apr 7
(Apr 20)
2015Mar 22
(Apr 4)		Mar 23
(Apr 5)		Mar 30
(Apr 12)

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