VOA Chinese, Dec 26, 2015
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("目前仅有俄罗斯、乌克兰等几个屈指可数的独联体国家东正教会仍然按照儒略历在1月7日过圣诞节。但 * * * 欧洲的多数东正教会已不再使用儒略历,而是按照公历在12月25日过圣诞节")
Note:
(a) Christmas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas
(section 5.1 Using the Julian calendar)
(b) The following are from Wikipedia.
(i) "The Julian calendar [was] introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC."
(ii) Gregorian calendar "is named for Pope Gregory XIII, who introduced it in 1582." |