New calender
As new calendarists (Greek .: Νεοημερολογίτες) is called in the Orthodox Church those particular Churches that the newly created Orthodox calendar adopted 1,923th They include the Constantinopolitan , Greek (exceptions are the monasteries on Mount Athos ), Romanian , Bulgarian , Antiochene and Alexandrian Orthodox Churches.
The opposite of the new calendars are the old calendars . These are the Russian, Serbian, Macedonian, Georgian and Jerusalemite Orthodox Churches and the Athos Monasteries, which have not yet decided on the new calendar. The new calendars decided to use the Julian calendar to determine the date of Easter and the other movable festivals that depend on it until the other churches adopt the new calendar. However, the new calendar has been in effect since 1923 for the fixed public holidays (such as Christmas).
The Easter compromise was made in order not to give up the unity of the church at this most important festival of Orthodoxy, even for a short time. The old calendars still exist today.
The Orthodox calendar is no different from the Western Gregorian calendar , which the Finnish Orthodox Church adopted in 1921 , until the year 2800 . It celebrates Easter according to this calendar and is therefore the only Orthodox church with a different Easter date.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Erich Übelacker : The time (= what is what . 22). Tessloff, Nürnberg 2005, ISBN 3-7886-0262-7 , p. 26.