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julian vs gregorian calendar
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The Hidden Reason Behind Why February Has 28 Days
The discrepancy isn’t accidental. February’s length is a deliberate artifact of Julius Caesar’s calendar overhaul in 45 BCE, which borrowed from Egyptian...
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Why February Only Has 28 Days: The Hidden Story Behind the Calendar’s Weirdest Month
The Romans, who invented the calendar we still use today, initially gave February 28 days as a placeholder—a month so unimportant it could be squeezed into the...
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The Hidden Math Behind Why Do We Have a Leap Year
The leap year isn’t just a quirk of modern calendars. It’s a 3,000-year-old solution to a problem as old as agriculture itself. Early Egyptians noticed crops...
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Why Is February Only 28 Days? The Hidden Story Behind the Calendar’s Shortest Month
Most months obey the lunar cycle or were carved from Roman agricultural cycles, but February was the afterthought. Originally, the Roman year had just 10...
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When Is Russian Christmas? The Hidden Dates Behind Orthodox Tradition
The first snowflakes drift over Red Square as church bells toll—not for December 25, but for a date most Western calendars ignore: January 7. This is when...
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When Is Orthodox Easter 2025? The Definitive Guide to Dates, Traditions & Global Celebrations
The discrepancy between Orthodox and Western Easter dates has fascinated historians, astronomers, and theologians for centuries. In 2025, the gap will be...
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When Is Orthodox Easter? The Hidden Calendar Behind Christianity’s Most Mysterious Holiday
The discrepancy isn’t just a scheduling quirk—it’s a theological and astronomical puzzle rooted in the Council of Nicaea (325 AD), where bishops debated how to...
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When Orthodox Easter Falls: The Hidden Calendar Behind the World’s Most Sacred Holiday
This divergence isn’t accidental. It’s the result of a 16th-century schism that split Christianity into two calendrical worlds: one that follows the Pope’s...
