Merry Christmas (from your friends in eastern europe) - Page 2

wil · 01-10-2007, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by CrazySerb

Indeed it is, we all follow the Julian calendar because the new calendar was created by the Pope... and since we weren't on good terms with him when the calendar was created, we stick with the old way.

So does your new year begin September 1, December 25, January 1 or something else?

Do you only use it for religous purposes or do you use it in secular life as well?

Does it truly make sense to you to keep slipping behind the seasons?

Does it make sense to you to hold onto a system which has been improved?

Do you accept the leap minutes and leap seconds that have been implemented now in modern times or can we not synchonize our watches?

I now have some more knowledge yet am still confused.

Say I disagreed with In love, yet she told me there was a car accident ahead and follow her on this detour to get around it. Since she and I don't see eye to eye, I'm not going to follow her anywhere, instead I'll just sit in traffic...and be late for our meeting...and just stay on that schedule..

But Merry Christmas anyway....I'm really ok with that part because in my little world I think we should be celebrating the birth and resurection of the Christ ideal and consciousness in our lives daily....

InLove · 01-10-2007, 04:19 PM

Sometimes I think the Mayan calendar would work better for all.

InPeace,
InLove

Quahom1 · 01-10-2007, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by CrazySerb

For those who do not know, yesterday was Christmas for those Orthodox Christians following the old calendar. So merry christmas and happy new year!

Hristos se rodi.

I thought the 6th of January was Orthodox Christmas...

CrazySerb · 01-11-2007, 01:53 AM

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Originally Posted by wil

So does your new year begin September 1, December 25, January 1 or something else?

Do you only use it for religous purposes or do you use it in secular life as well?

Does it truly make sense to you to keep slipping behind the seasons?

Does it make sense to you to hold onto a system which has been improved?

Do you accept the leap minutes and leap seconds that have been implemented now in modern times or can we not synchonize our watches?

I now have some more knowledge yet am still confused.

Say I disagreed with In love, yet she told me there was a car accident ahead and follow her on this detour to get around it. Since she and I don't see eye to eye, I'm not going to follow her anywhere, instead I'll just sit in traffic...and be late for our meeting...and just stay on that schedule..

But Merry Christmas anyway....I'm really ok with that part because in my little world I think we should be celebrating the birth and resurection of the Christ ideal and consciousness in our lives daily....

Alright let me try to answer these questions as accurately as possible. First off we do not use the old calendar in every day life, we just use it for holy days. And we dont slip behind in the seasons because honestly its adapted, christmas is always January 7th, its just a little bit left over from when the catholics and orthdox didnt see eye to eye. And does it make sense? Sure it does, the whole reason we are orthodox is because we refused to change up our religious system. Also we do not use it down to the minute or second, just to show us when the holy days are. And furthermore we dont blame anyone for not using the old dates, we just choose to because we do not accept the pope as a direct link to God, as far as we are concerned, he is just a fallen bishop. I hope this cleared some things up for you.

InLove · 01-11-2007, 02:07 AM

Hi CrazySerb--

My sincere apologies if I misled anyone. I really did not think that the date was the same every year. Bad Internet information, maybe.

Again, sincere wishes for a Happy New Year.

InPeace,
InLove

wil · 01-11-2007, 02:20 AM

Thanx bunches!!

Another question, when did it freeze at Jan 7 or has it been there since the dispute?

Stuff like this is facinating...

So New Years for you, you didn't answer that, in reading I see there were various thoughts around the world. Sept 1, Dec 25, Jan 1...

A global warming armegeddon planetary alignment aside.....come 2012 we may all be using the mayan calendar...

CrazySerb · 01-11-2007, 02:24 AM

Haha its fine, honestly Im just glad Im in a place with people who actually care enough to ask. Being the only Serb in the bible belt has its disadvantages....

InLove · 01-11-2007, 02:24 AM

Hey wil--the Mayan doe have its drawbacks....

InLove · 01-11-2007, 02:26 AM

Simutaneous posting--where can I pick up that calendar?

CrazySerb · 01-11-2007, 02:26 AM

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Originally Posted by wil

Thanx bunches!!

Another question, when did it freeze at Jan 7 or has it been there since the dispute?

Stuff like this is facinating...

So New Years for you, you didn't answer that, in reading I see there were various thoughts around the world. Sept 1, Dec 25, Jan 1...

A global warming armegeddon planetary alignment aside.....come 2012 we may all be using the mayan calendar...

First quesiton: I have no idea...

Second question: January 12 is new year's eve for orthodoxy.

As fars as global warming goes, not much we can do about that now can we? I mean its already here!

wil · 01-11-2007, 02:46 AM

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Originally Posted by CrazySerb

First quesiton: I have no idea...

Second question: January 12 is new year's eve for orthodoxy.

As fars as global warming goes, not much we can do about that now can we? I mean its already here!

Wow, now that you've said it, more questions...

Does New Years Eve and Day have religious significance??

ie I could see it would if it coincided with the birth of Jesus as it was at one time...but 5 days later....7 for us....

Now my church has New Years Eve service, a burning bowl. We write letters to G-d...about what we are going to do for the year, how we are planning to improve our lives. My kids write things like I'm gonna quit fighting so much with my sister, I'm gonna do my chores. I write things like, I'm gonna express more gratitude for those who help me grow (THANK YOU ALL) I'm gonna create more order in my life, spend more time in prayer and meditation.... And then six months later, in June the church mails our letters back to us...gives us another six month chance to actually do what we wrote we would!!

Then on small slips of paper we write down things we wanna get rid of in our lives, jealousy, greed, various negative attitudes. And at the end of service....we burn them...off it goes, eliminated symoblically.

We also do a white stone meditation during the service, picking up a white stone, writing a name on it of a biblical person, a desciple, or someone who has traits that we wish to work on for the year...

Much different I must say than the way I spent New Years Eve in the past...however it is out by 9-9:30 pm...plenty of time for bachanalian revelry...but after that I'm usually in the mood to update my daytimer...

CrazySerb · 01-11-2007, 02:59 AM

Most serbs spend new year's with other serbs partying it up...

Quahom1 · 01-11-2007, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by CrazySerb

Most serbs spend new year's with other serbs partying it up...

Samo Sloga Srbin Spasava....Ok, I got "word" and "Thankyou" out of that. What does Samo and Srbin mean?

v/r

Joshua