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Old New Year . 13.01.2011
tradition to celebrate Old New Year comes from the differences Julian calendar (calendar or otherwise "old style") and the Gregorian calendar - that in which we now live virtually the entire world. The discrepancy between the calendars is 13 days. Thus, on the night of 13 to 14 January everyone can afford "doprazdnovat 'most favorite holiday.
Do not forget! Light a candle!
Old New Year - this New Year's Eve on the Julian calendar (or, as said the old style), said the Voice of Russia. He comes at midnight from 13 January to 14 January. But this, again, if we assume that the new style, that is the Gregorian calendar. And if you count the old, on 13 January - it was not on 13 January and 31 December.
the difference in the chronology somehow forced to deal in many countries located in the former Soviet Union: in Moldova and Armenia, Belarus and Latvia, Ukraine and Georgia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Except of the same story is happening in Serbia and Montenegro, as the Serbian Orthodox Church, as well as Russian, continues to live according to the Julian calendar. The Serbs, by the way, is called Old New Year's none other than Serbian New Year. This holiday is celebrated in Macedonia (though hardly of the same name). More Facebook: Old New Year's Eve on the Julian calendar (though there it is called the old day of St. Sylvester's) were found in some German-speaking cantons Switzerland.
Old New Year, experts say, is actually a holiday protest. It is believed that the population in countries where the calendar moved to and fro, changes were dissatisfied, and one of the key holidays continues to celebrate the old style. For example, in the aforementioned Swiss transition to the Gregorian What took place in the XVII-XVIII centuries, and that since then some areas of this state have got myself two new year. But in Russia the same thing happened in 1918, when, after the revolution the Bolsheviks decided to deal with the Julian calendar. Not otherwise want to start the countdown with his point.
Throughout its history, humanity has had dozens of different calendars. The word "calendar" comes from the Latin calendarium. So in ancient Rome called debt book: debtors pay interest on the day of Kalends, it is the first days of the month. Calendar - a system of calculating long stretches of time, which is based on cyclical motion of celestial bodies - sun, moon, or both together.
True, some calendar systems focused not on the sun and moon and other celestial luminary. For example, the Egyptians built their own calendar, based on movements of the star Sirius. But the Egyptian method of reckoning - is still an exception of the common terrestrial calendar rules. By the way, their calendar as an argument to lead those who are convinced that the ancient Egyptian civilization is somehow way has been linked to extraterrestrial civilizations.
Many people have tried to restore order in chronology, began counting time from the creation of the world. True, different people had different opinions as to when the universe began to spin. The ancient Romans believed the main fulcrum of its own civilization, and therefore did not hesitate to take the date of foundation of the world 753 BC, that is the year of foundation of Rome. Jews dated the creation of the earth until the year 3761 BC, Alexandrian chronology considered this date 25 May 5493 BC. And if we lived according to the Old Slavonic calendar, now we have been to year 7519 from creation, not the 2011 birth of Christ. Duration, and it starts in different systems, by itself, is different.
Julian calendar, which from January 1, in 45 BC, introduced the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. He was a legendary figure - a dictator, generals and writers who changed cultural and political face of Western Europe. One calendar, again, what is worth. Change the calendar Caesar advised Alexandria astronomer Sozigen. The essence was this: since the year is not exactly 365 days, and about 365 a quarter, then entered a leap year, increasing the duration of each fourth year for one day and bringing it, so to 366.
After three and a half-century the Julian calendar took all of Western Europe and Byzantium, and then he got up to us. This is not surprising, since from Byzantium Russ was baptized as a Christian religion implies a new ideological vision. She touched all, and time as well. True, the new year, we continued to celebrate when it is convenient - in March. In fact, it is logical to start a new year with the awakening of nature when she wakes up from a long sleep, and everywhere life begins to boil: sprouting grass, buds on trees and the birds begin to twitter. However, it later moved the beginning of the year to September, and later, at the beginning of the XVIII century, in January.
Julian calendar eventually lose one's attraction of Catholic Europe. He is not very accurate, and ultimately for the period from IV to XVI century accumulated extra ten days to the calendar just fell out. The church was dissatisfied: light festival of the Resurrection Christ, Easter, we had to celebrate the spring equinox, when day is night, and because of errors in the calendar date of the celebration is not moved out there.
Pope Gregory XIII decided to fix this error and has introduced a system of calculation, which he called the Gregorian calendar. This calendar is trying to hedge against future errors by introducing a special amendment. It says that out of every 400 years should throw three leap years in order to better match the solar calculation. Then the error in a single day is accumulated only through the 3333 year.
Orthodox Church was more tied to the Julian calendar, rather than Catholic, and Russia did not change the calendar. In the Orthodox church that was his reason. It is suggested that once the vernal equinox from an astronomical point of view mobility, then fix him a fixed date (21 number), as done in the Gregorian calendar, and the link with Passover - rough and Astronomy logical error.
Russia lived under the Julian calendar until 1918, before the reforms, started by Bolshevik authorities. And since the difference between the calendars of then came running in 13 days, and then so moved. Russian Orthodox Church, no one, of course, did not ask. Young Soviet government actively fought with religion and priests, and with them on the calendar changes, of course, were not consulted. Church lived a clandestine life, trying to preserve their traditions and canons. And preserved, although the vast majority of Soviet citizens were preaching atheism, at least in words. Subsequently, however, it became clear that These words should be divided by ten. Case in point: many people, members of the party, officially non-believers, secretly baptize their children, trying to make this Nobody knew.
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Religious practices are fully people do not comply. But in some altered, distorted version of the tradition still seeped in Soviet life. For example, a tree which was a symbol of religious Christmas holiday has become a symbol of the secular New Year.
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In spring, when it came time for Easter, people still do colored eggs and bake cakes. And the Soviet government, although and tried to resist at first, was eventually forced to reckon with. Plants produce Christmas decorations, bakery combines baked breads, however, called them in another way - cupcakes "Spring". Unofficially, religious holidays still celebrated, and celebrated, by itself, according to the Julian calendar, the old style.
When the Soviet Union ceased to exist, the persecution of the Russian Orthodox Church ended and people began to openly celebrate Christmas, and Pashu and drugie feast.
«Christmas. Sumerki » of Foto.Sayte
« Start Novogodnyaya lecture » of Foto.Sayte
« Instead to meet a dawn » on Foto.Sayte
« Here is my village, so ... » on Foto.Sayte
Revival (c) AliSSa
winter evening in the village (c) AliSSa
On the edge of the forest (c) AliSSa
Russ (c) Andrey Fedoseev
Perm. Belogorskij monastery. A little more than a hundred miles. of Perm.
This Makivka chapel, standing on a hillside in the holy place of the source.
Perm, Belogorskiy Monastery (c) Andrey Fedoseev
I do not know how it is call ... ((c) Andrey Fedoseev
- This is hardly a word ... in the minds of Ruin is allowed ...
- Yes, I could not think of a name ... Thank you!
- If not a secret - that is this place?
- North Perm Region, as well ... in any region like this can be observed.
Untitled (c) Andrey Fedoseev
Untitled (c) Andrey Fedoseev
*** (c) Maxim Evdokimov
Christmas Tale (c) Anya Grafova
Taken at night from 6 th to 7 - of January 2011! Frost at minus 30, the left floats are not frozen river Biya.
*** (c) Denis Curve
Happy New Year! (c) Denis Curve
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C New 2011 Year! (c) Vladimir . Taimyr. Winter
third day of the New Year! (c) Vladimir
Taimyr. January 3, 2011 Height: 500 m squally wind up 20m/sek
«One of Many vecherov Severnom of Ural » of Foto.Sayte
« Nakanune Christmas » of Foto.Sayte
« Skazochnaya silence » of Foto.Sayte
«sugar cabin» on Foto.Sayte . Lapland, Finland
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Church Tikhvinskaia Mother of God in the village of Tito.
now existing stone church built in 1758 at the expense of the former landowner - widow of the ensign Basil Kirievsky Evdokia Alekseevny Kirievsky and her sisters, Anastasia Alekseevny Kvashnin, wife of Captain Basil Kvashnin, and the wife of Captain Theodosius Alekseevny Muravyova.
- How many churches and churches are scattered all over Russia ... Beautiful ...
- wonderful and very in Russian! Masterfully executed!
