Eastern Catholic Christmas

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Some of my Orthodox friends celebrate Christmas now instead of the 25th. What is the tradition among the Eastern Catholics? We have a lot of Chaldeans where I live and as far as I know they celebrate with us, but I figured it could be different in some Rites…
 
They still follow the Julian calendar and not the Gregorian.
 
Most of the Eastern Catholics I have encountered are “new calendar” and most of the Orthodox I know are “modified calendar” (meaning they celebrate Christmas on Dec 25, but their Easter is at a different time).

Sometimes I think I’d like to be Old Calendar so I could take advantage of the after-Christmas sales! 😃
 
theistgal said:
Most of the Eastern Catholics I have encountered are “new calendar” and most of the Orthodox I know are “modified calendar” (meaning they celebrate Christmas on Dec 25, but their Easter is at a different time).

Sometimes I think I’d like to be Old Calendar so I could take advantage of the after-Christmas sales! 😃
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I always thought that the Easter thing could be a perk. There’s an Eastern Catholic church near me that I love to attend. I’ve always wanted to “double up” and go to Easter mass in both traditions. Somehow, my schedule always gets in the way.
 
Zekariya said:
Does anyone know which Calendar the Melkite Church uses for Pascha? 🙂
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I have heard that in countries where the dominant Church is Orthodox, they celebrate it with the Orthodox…and likewise if it is a country where the dominant church is RC, thet celebrate it with the RC.
 
Nils said:
Some of my Orthodox friends celebrate Christmas now instead of the 25th. What is the tradition among the Eastern Catholics? We have a lot of Chaldeans where I live and as far as I know they celebrate with us, but I figured it could be different in some Rites…
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Christmas on the Julian Calendar is on December 25th. It’s the Julian Calendar. You’re looking at a Gregorian Calendar probably, which is why it looks like January 7 to you. 🙂
 
theistgal said:
Most of the Eastern Catholics I have encountered are “new calendar” and most of the Orthodox I know are “modified calendar” (meaning they celebrate Christmas on Dec 25, but their Easter is at a different time).

Sometimes I think I’d like to be Old Calendar so I could take advantage of the after-Christmas sales! 😃
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Our parish is on the “Revised Julian” i.e. Julian for the Pascalion, Gregorian the rest of the year. I would like to be on Julian all year long. 🙂
 
Mickey said:
I have heard that in countries where the dominant Church is Orthodox, they celebrate it with the Orthodox…and likewise if it is a country where the dominant church is RC, thet celebrate it with the RC.
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I have been to Russia during Christmas time and they did not celebrate with us…
 
Nils said:
I have been to Russia during Christmas time and they did not celebrate with us…
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Russian Orthodox hold to the Julian Calendar for all observances. OTOH, the Greek Orthodox use the “modified” version where the common (Gregorian) calendar date is used for fixed observances, but the Julian reckoning is used for cyclical observances (e.g. Easter). I think the Antiochians do the same as the Greeks.
 
malphono said:
Russian Orthodox hold to the Julian Calendar for all observances. OTOH, the Greek Orthodox use the “modified” version where the common (Gregorian) calendar date is used for fixed observances, but the Julian reckoning is used for cyclical observances (e.g. Easter). I think the Antiochians do the same as the Greeks.
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Yes. It is often called, “the revised Julian calendar.”
 
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