DCRB(S) Appendix

[Laurence Creider]

On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, Robert L. Maxwell wrote:

> 
> Glossary: Old Style/New Style Dates. Are there any countries that still 
> remain under the Julian calendar? For example, when did Greece convert (if 
> at all)? If we have a serial from such a country issued in 1999/2000 are we 
> to convert the date?
> 

I don't know of any countries that still use the Julian Calendar, but many
of the Eastern Orthodox churches do and might well employ it in their
publications.  As of the late 1970s, the monastic communities of Mount
Athos continued to use the Julian calendar so that there was a radical
date change when going from Athens to the Mount.  On the other hand, some
Eastern Orthodox communities may use the Gregorian calendar.  As far as I
can remember, the reason for sticking with the Julian Calendar is that an
ecumencial council is required to change the calendar in this way since it
does affect the date of Easter. In any case, for publications issued after
about 1920, the distinguishing point would be not the political
jurisdiction but the ecclesiastical entity issuing the publication.  
Perhaps we should check this out more thoroughly?
	Larry Creider

Laurence S. Creider
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