Vespers and blessing of water: presented by St. Nicholas Orthodox Church at 7 p.m. in person at 102 Ross Ave. in San Anselmo.

But the two churches started using different calendars after Pope Gregory XIII’s adaptation in 1582, when the Western church adopted the Gregorian calendar while the Eastern Orthodox Church kept ...

But the two churches started using different calendars after Pope Gregory XIII’s adaptation in 1582, when the Western church adopted the Gregorian calendar while the Eastern Orthodox Church kept the ...

Pope Gregory XIII enacted further reforms in 1582, which gave the Catholic Church the Gregorian calendar it follows today. But because the Catholic and Orthodox had split in 1024, the Orthodox ...

used by the Catholic Church, and the Julian calendar, used by Orthodox Churches not in communion with Rome, align on their calculations for Easter. (The two calendars will next converge on April 9 ...

The Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic observances overlap only every three to four years thanks to different church calendars — and different lunar cycle calculations.

The Orthodox Church uses the Julian calendar for the Easter date calculation, which is a few days behind the Gregorian calendar used by Catholic and Protestant churches. Still, there are years ...

One of the most important church meetings ever ... calendar" — Western churches have used that calendar ever since. However, many Orthodox churches continued to use the "Julian calendar ...

But this year it will. While the Catholic Church and Protestant denominations make use of the Gregorian Calendar, which was adopted in October 1582, the Orthodox Church still utilizes the Julian ...

The Ethiopian Orthodox Church is a significant branch of African Christianity, separate to other forms of Eastern Orthodoxy. It also follows the Julian calendar. After 55 days of strict fasting ...