From the first to the thirteenth

Dying Christmas holidays - a purely Russian phenomenon, a consequence of a double calendar. Before the revolution, when Russia lived according to the Julian chronology, the unprofitable were three days in December (Christmas of Christ), as well as January 1 and 6 (New Year and Epiphany). Now we have from the 1st to the 5th New Year holidays, and the 7th is Christmas. However, the people have not forgotten about the old New Year, that is, they walk as much as possible until the 13th inclusive. And if anyone works in a foreign company, then also grabs their Christmas. Is it bad!

It is not surprising that the bill on the transition of Russia to the Julian calendar twice to the State Duma twice successfully failed safely. The last time, in April 2008, only one deputy voted for him, which is strange, because the co -authors of the project were four people's chosen ones.

It is interesting that among such a continuous Orthodox piety, there are surprisingly few believers who would hold a post on New Year's Eve, and it is on this day that the Church is prescribed the most strict abstinence. On December 31, 2010, it was on Friday, and on Fridays of the Christmas post, neither fish, nor wine, nor oil are allowed - only dried wine is allowed. From January 2 to January 7, fish is not blessed. There is no question of meat. Oil can be tasted only lean unrefined. Here you have Olivier, and Jello, and herring under a fur coat!

By the way, in the future century, the difference between the Julian and Gregorian calendars will be not 13, as now, but 14 days. And after about one and a half thousand years, there will be a month between the new and the old New Year. This is what I understand the holidays!

And in less than 47 millennia, according to the estimates of one of my frand on LiveJournal , the difference in calendars will reach 365 days, and Christmas can be celebrated all year round! Truly, as Andrei Voznesensky, who left us last year, wrote,

The patriarch of the patriarch
The hood barked
In the new, unfinished
The old is coming
Like repatriation.