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According to the Eastern Orthodox calendar St. George's day is May 6.~ Ivayla,
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May 6th?That's interesting! Where did you find that date? My books say, it's April 23rd in the Greek Orthodox Church as well. Do you know a reliable website of the kind?
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I am looking at the official Orthodox Calendar printed by the Bulgarian Patriarchy. What book are you looking at :)? Edited to add: ok, I compared the list of the Greek name-days on this site with my Orthodox Calendar, and it looks like the Greek Orthodox Church adheres to the 'New Calendar', while the Bulgarian Orthodox Church goes by the 'Old Calendar'. This creates a difference of 13 days between the fixed holidays (like St. George's Day) in the two churches.Check this link for an explanation of the 'Old' and 'New' Calendar: http://www.smart.net/~mmontes/ortheast.html#fixed~ Ivayla,
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This message was edited 2/20/2006, 1:45 PM

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I don't have an Orthodox calendar and I'd be glad if I had one. The "old calendar – new calendar" story sounds interesting. Like the October revolution that took place in November. This could be the key to understand the difference. I have heard some religious groups still use the old calendar. Thank for this useful hint!
I have a number of Sints' books and dictionaries, most of them Catholic (nothing Greek or Russian, couldn't read the latter anyway). There is a very useful three volume dictionary (in Germans though): Herder Lexikon der Heiligen und Heiligenverehrung, 2003.
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Ah, you got me thinking... Unfortunately, the three volumes go for 120 Euro on Amazon.de :(.
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I don't have an Orthodox calendar and I'd be glad if I had one. The "old calendar – new calendar" story sounds interesting. Like the October revolution that took place in November. This could be the key to understand the difference. I have heard some religious groups still use the old calendar. Thank for this useful hint!
I have a number of Sints' books and dictionaries, most of them Catholic (nothing Greek or Russian, couldn't read the latter anyway). There is a very useful three volume dictionary (in Germans though): Herder Lexikon der Heiligen und Heiligenverehrung, 2003.
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