Old New Year
Informal traditional holiday based on the Julian calendar / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Old New Year, or the Orthodox New Year, is an informal traditional holiday, celebrated as the start of the New Year by the Julian calendar. In the 20th and 21st centuries, the Old New Year falls on January 14 in the Gregorian calendar.
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Observed by | Users of the Julian calendar |
Significance | The first day of the Julian year |
Date | January 11 (1583–1700) January 12 (1701–1800) January 13 (1801–1900) January 14 (1901–2100) January 15 (2101–2200) |
Frequency | Annual |
Related to | New Year's Day (Gregorian calendar) |
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This traditional dating of the New Year is sometimes commonly called "Orthodox" because it harks back to a time when governments in Russia and Eastern Europe used the Julian calendar, which is still used by some jurisdictions of the Eastern Orthodox Church. The Eastern Orthodox Church's liturgical year actually begins in September.