Eastern Orthodox calendar: -14? - 13?

[Helen Halva]

It's not that clear cut, one day per century.  It has to do with the 
difference between the Gregorian and Julian calendars and the exact number 
of hours and minutes by which they differ as time passes.  Unfortunately I 
don't have a crisp technical explanation at my fingertips, but probably an 
online search of "Gregorian calendar" and "Julian calendar" will bring some 
good information.



At 11:12 PM 2/25/2007 -0600, you wrote:
>Dear colleagues:
>
>Once upon a time, studying Russian history, I learned (or seem to recall
>learning) that in the 19th century the Eastern Orthodox calendar ran
>12 days behind the West European (Catholic) calendar, and that in the
>20th century the E Orthodox calendar ran 13 days behind.  So far, so good.
>
>So my expectation was that in the 21st century the E Orthodox calendar
>would run 14 (fourteen) days behind.  But I've encountered some indications
>that even in this 21st century the "time lag" is still 13 (thirteen) days.
>
>If I was wrong, where did I go wrong?
>
>Gratefully,
>Steven P Hill,
>University of Illinois.
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