Revised Julian Calendar?

[Tradycja]

Is the “Revised Julian Calendar” the same as the Gregorian Calendar except for the date of Christmas and Easter?

I signed up for a daily readings email from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Website and the readings seem to coincide with the calendar listed in the Church bulletin of the Ukrainian Catholic Church I have been going to, the only difference is that I noticed that the Ukrainians are celebrating “The Protection of the Theotokos” on October 1st and that is not even listed on the Greek Orthodox Calendar for October.

 

[Formosus]

I think Christmas is the same in the revised Julian as the gregorian. The only difference is it follows a different Pascha date. The Ukrainians and the Greeks have some feasts which are unique to their own respective churches and the Feast of the Protection is one that is not in the Greek calenders.

 

[Cluny]

Actually, the Church of Greece moved Protection of the Theotokos from 1 October to 28 October to correspond with a civil holiday commemorating a WWII Victory (Okhee Day).

If you see older editions of the Greek Horologion, you will see 1 October is the Protection, though it is only a 4th class feast (that is, Great Doxology at Matins and Stichera on Lauds).

 

[JohnVIII]

You say that the holiday of the Protection of the Theotokos falls on October 1st. Is that October 1 according to the Julian Calendar or October 1 according to the Gregorian Calendar?

 

[KyivAndrew]

The Ukrainians and the Greeks have some feasts which are unique to their own respective churches and the Feast of the Protection is one that is not in the Greek calenders.

That is correct. The Feast of the Patronage of the Holy Mother of God or Pokrova is celebrated in our (Ukrainian) Catholic and I believe Orthodox but not Greek Orthodox Church as such on our traditional date. For Ukrainian Catholics, the Feast Day of Pokrova is October 14th under the Julian Calendar (October 1 under the Gregorian Calendar). The thing is I am in Canada and most Ukrainian Catholic Parishes in my particular Eparchy follow the old-style Julian Calendar for Feasts, Christmas (January 7), Easter.

I have heard though that our brothers and sisters in the States seem more accepting of the Gregorian Calendar. I have no idea how true this is as most of my family are in Canada (though Ukrainian friends in the States) so I can’t speak to what a Ukrainian Catholic Calendar in the United States emphasizes - the Julian or Gregorian. Hmmm… I guess I haven’t advanced this thread much.

 

[Angel_Gabriel]

That is correct. The Feast of the Patronage of the Holy Mother of God or Pokrova is celebrated in our (Ukrainian) Catholic and I believe Orthodox but not Greek Orthodox Church as such on our traditional date. For Ukrainian Catholics, the Feast Day of Pokrova is October 14th under the Julian Calendar (October 1 under the Gregorian Calendar). The thing is I am in Canada and most Ukrainian Catholic Parishes in my particular Eparchy follow the old-style Julian Calendar for Feasts, Christmas (January 7), Easter.

I have heard though that our brothers and sisters in the States seem more accepting of the Gregorian Calendar. I have no idea how true this is as most of my family are in Canada (though Ukrainian friends in the States) so I can’t speak to what a Ukrainian Catholic Calendar in the United States emphasizes - the Julian or Gregorian. Hmmm… I guess I haven’t advanced this thread much.

I think the Gregorian calendar is used here in the states.

 

[5Loaves]

Is the “Revised Julian Calendar” the same as the Gregorian Calendar except for the date of Christmas and Easter?

I signed up for a daily readings email from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Website and the readings seem to coincide with the calendar listed in the Church bulletin of the Ukrainian Catholic Church I have been going to, the only difference is that I noticed that the Ukrainians are celebrating “The Protection of the Theotokos” on October 1st and that is not even listed on the Greek Orthodox Calendar for October.

I just learned this year about the Greeks transferring the feast to Oct. 28th.

Is the daily reading you get from here? goarch bottom of the page: “Subscribe to the Daily Readings List to receive daily emails containing Scripture readings and Lives of the Saints.”

I get it also, and like it because the email contains the text of the readings and Synaxarion. The email goes to my cell phone so I can have the readings with me in that highly portable format.

The Russian Byzantine CC and Orthodox churches I go to, northern CA, US, are both on the Revised Julian Calendar. Pascha will be the same day for all of us this year and next.