Comments on: The Gregorian New Year’s Eve in Israel http://www.ordinarynothing.org/blog/2007/01/the-gregorian-new-years-eve-in-israel/ "A man can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days" -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:29:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Yaron http://www.ordinarynothing.org/blog/2007/01/the-gregorian-new-years-eve-in-israel/comment-page-1/#comment-478 Yaron Sun, 01 Jun 2008 11:47:45 +0000 http://www.ordinarynothing.org/blog/2007/01/the-gregorian-new-years-eve-in-israel/#comment-478 Thanks for the information. It does clarify things. Thanks for the information. It does clarify things.

]]> By: Somebody Somefield http://www.ordinarynothing.org/blog/2007/01/the-gregorian-new-years-eve-in-israel/comment-page-1/#comment-472 Somebody Somefield Mon, 12 May 2008 16:06:10 +0000 http://www.ordinarynothing.org/blog/2007/01/the-gregorian-new-years-eve-in-israel/#comment-472 I can clarify some things for you ... In USSR the main calendar is/was *not* Julian but Gregorian. Gregorian is the calendar used by the government and people. Julian is the calendar still used by the Russian Orthodox Christian church. It is used to calculate Orthodox Christian holidays, but most people then convert the dates to Gregorian (e.g. Christmas is Dec 25th Julian, but it falls on Jan 7th Gregorian, so most people just go by Jan 7th Gregorian). That explains why your Russian immigrants celebrate Gregorian and not Julian New Year's Eve. Otherwise, I got amused by your Sylvester story... I am not a Jew and I know nothing about that pope (as you say), but I guess you could openly celebrate it ... as the first full day without him... I can clarify some things for you … In USSR the main calendar is/was *not* Julian but Gregorian. Gregorian is the calendar used by the government and people. Julian is the calendar still used by the Russian Orthodox Christian church. It is used to calculate Orthodox Christian holidays, but most people then convert the dates to Gregorian (e.g. Christmas is Dec 25th Julian, but it falls on Jan 7th Gregorian, so most people just go by Jan 7th Gregorian). That explains why your Russian immigrants celebrate Gregorian and not Julian New Year’s Eve.

Otherwise, I got amused by your Sylvester story… I am not a Jew and I know nothing about that pope (as you say), but I guess you could openly celebrate it … as the first full day without him…

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