another interesting point is the difference between most of the calendar of the Orthodox and Roman Catholic Church. We have gathered here looking for some information ...
The brothers and sisters of the ROK in Weimar HERE the difference of the calendar have very well explained.
course, no one is holy or a better or worse man if he follows one or the other calendar, of course, the Spirit blows where He will!
However, we want to try to explain why we, like most Orthodox Christians, the so-called new, so the "Gregorian" calendar negative face.
How can we read in the NT, founded the church of our Lord Himself. He sought care from the Holy Apostles, which continued to be filled with the Holy Spirit works.
In their successor gathered the bishops (Acts 20, 28, 1 Timothy 3, 1-2;. Tit 1, 7) placed with their different positions on a council and stated, in particular a principle is to lead the church. In the seven
Ec. Councils so you have seven rules and dogmas created that carried the seal of the Holy Spirit.
So far there was no Gesamtorthodoxes council, have decided otherwise, so these decisions to this day, at least until a new ecumenical council decides otherwise, but .. "a literally" ecumenical "(= here" the whole inhabited world concerning ") Council may, in accordance canonical interpretation and in line with church be realized tradition with first a return of the Roman See to Orthodoxy. This is the reason that the planned for over four decades, Orthodox Church Assembly, the term "Great and Holy Council" and will not take "Ecumenical Council." is from history announced that the Council of Constantinople in 381 initially - because of the absence of legacies of the Roman Patriarchate - not the title "ecumenical" was, only when the West on various synodal assemblies (including Aquileia, which led to the chair of St. Ambrose), the decisions were ratified, this Council recognized the special predicate .. "It
is also quite clear that there has been no further ecumenical councils and to the restoration of church unity give no more. The writing is clear that the resurrection of the Lord after the Jewish Passover was held. So we should not Easter celebrate before or together with the Passover festival. This can not however guarantee to the new calendar. Various Russian Orthodox councils decided also that "the old ways remain victorious" should. The new calendar is upsetting not only Easter but also other fixed points. The most important is the Apostle fasting. This begins on the Monday after All Saints, which is the Sunday after Pentecost and continues until the Feast of the Apostles on the 29th June AK. In the churches that have adopted the NK, there is therefore a late Easter date is not only an apostle fasting, but even "minus 8 days." The Apostle fasting stop with that already are 8 days prior to its beginning. Such an absurdity for one of the major periods of fasting in the church year certainly shows clearly how little the NK is acceptable. This perhaps excerpts from some council decisions:
Apostolic canon VII - "If any bishop, priest or deacon celebrating Easter before the vernal equinox with the Jews, who was relieved of his duties."
"There are the old ways remain victorious" - Kanon VI, First Ecumenical Council
"in that the custom and tradition have remained victorious ..." Canon VII, First Ecumenical Council, "... in accordance with the canons
the Holy Fathers and ancient custom ..." - Kanon VIII, Third Ecumenical Council
Following the decision of the Council of Nicaea in 325 the Ostertemin
after the first full moon of spring and after the Jewish Passover is to be set. Of which starting the Easter feast cycle in each case to the "old style" bound - of course, this refers to the apostles then fasting. Easter is celebrated after the Frühlingsäqiunoktium Christians do not celebrate the same day as Jews (Nisan 14) Easter is always celebrated on Sunday (the 8th day, the Day of Resurrection).
Why has celebrated the whole church by this council (325) is always after the Jewish Pesah Easter, and not before? Was not the priority of the adoption that all Christians celebrate Easter on the same day? This is demonstrated by the other decisions according to what those who threaten another day or celebrate the Easter with the Jews, with the Excommunio. The Lord is But on Friday the 14th Nisan, so Jewish Pesah been crucified and on the third day he rose again, that was a Sunday!
was in the first centuries unregulated date, but we held on 14 Nisan been since you knew the history secure. Already
Ap. Paul resists the one on the same day that Celebrate the "blood of the Lord have glue on their hands". The "fuzziness" with respect to the date of Easter, the biggest festival of the church, you would finally settled by a council. Points 2 and 4 of the above reconstructed decision, the result is always the 14.Nisan, and even if it falls on Sunday, then Easter will be held a week later.
typological Viewed may the New Testament to the Old Testament only Pesah Pesah!
The pope has offended against the universal Church Council decrees, in which he has zersplittet by hand against calendar reform the holiday date, and thus mocks the effort of the sacred council participants. Now we celebrate as they please, sometimes before, sometimes equal, sometimes to the Jews. There was and is in fact only the "Church calendar", designed and adopted the single church use the Nicene Creed I, then up to the unholy reform of Pope Gregory XIII. End of the 16th Century, more than a thousand years in power, until 20 Century uniform basis for the Orthodox Church, ushered to the ill-fated reforms of the Greek Patriarch Metaxakis Freemason and also a split. What are the eighty years of adaptation to the "World Calendar" against the 1700 years of church practice. We prefer saints in the liturgical time, instead of chasing the oh-so-modern zeitgeist.
neukalendarisch is typical to argue that the whole thing to do with the accuracy of the time something, which is not so. The synods of the 16th Panorthodoxen Century under the leadership of the Ecumenical Patriarch Jeremias II (Tranos) have confirmed this and demonstrated the followers of the new Pope's calendar with expulsion from the Orthodox Church. This also applies for the followers of the so-called "mixed Calendar," which, although the date of Easter is calculated according to the old ecclesiastical calendar, but otherwise, as for the Menologion, go with the new.
must be kept at the celebration of Pas'cha (Easter), the following four points after the decision of the First Ecumenical Council (Pedalion, p. 9, below):
a) Spring equinox,
b) the first full moon after the vernal equinox
c ) after the Jewish Passover,
d) the first Sunday following a) to c).
As for the Jewish Passover celebration, so this should at 14-15. be of the first month (Nissan) is celebrated (Ex 12 Lev and 3.4 to 8).
whether the (current) Jews still live under their own rule, means exactly nothing, because the Holy Fathers of the Councils have drawn up their rule, of course, independent of any other conditions. This means that even if there would be no more Jews is still the rule, which refers to the Jewish law. In other words, even though all differ from the law, but this remains. And on this, Orthodox Easter date every year yes is the immaterial light in the Church of the Resurrection in Jerusalem. As long as there is no Gesamtorthodoxes council decided where Allen is to celebrate for a different calendar than was once available, everything else is an unacceptable departure from the traditions.
Even the Apostle Paul wrote:
"Well, brethren, stand fast and keep to the traditions which ye have received orally or by letter from us."
How in the journal THE MESSENGER / Issue 2 / 1998 read (very interesting remarks on the calendar subject!) Can, the RKK in a period of 100 years, 1888-1988 twenty-three injured, the above rules, So Easter fell in the matter to the anathema of the 1st Ecumenical Council prey.
"Circular of the four Eastern Patriarchs (1884):
-" Our faith is not human and did not come through man, but by means of the revelation of Jesus Christ, which proclaims the Divine Apostles, the Holy Ecumenical Councils confirmed that sizes, teacher of the world have passed, and have sealed the martyrs by their blood. Let us continue in our faith, we have taken on so many important men in pure form, and we disclaim any innovation as a suggestion of evil from ...
Who dares to act counter to this, has already renounced the Christian faith, and exposed by blaspheming the Holy Spirit of eternal damnation. All
Neure, be they heretics or splitters, drag so voluntarily with cursing as her shirt (Ps.108, 18), and that is all: popes, patriarchs, clergy and lay people ...
not we speak today from this terrible curse, but has especially our Saviour, the Divine Paul did in his letter to the Galatians. The same have also given the seven Ecumenical Councils and a whole host of god-fathers enlightening. "(Among them are the signatures of patriarchs and members of their Synod: Anthymos of Constantinople, Jerotheus of Alexandria, Methodius of Antioch and Cyril of Jerusalem).
Venerable Seraphim of Sarov (died 1833): -. "What has accepted the Holy Church, all Christians must love one heart and ordered to be expensive what the church and the Seven Ecumenical Councils is to attend to the bad will. handed down the case to add a word or omitted. "
Archbishop Nikon of Vologda (d. 1917): - "Recently, on so many conversions from, we klügeln around too much and put even the church itself an appropriate yardstick We forgot that they. not of this world is, as the Lord said to Pilate that their foundation is inviolable. And who does it anyway, which makes a more wrong, because this foundation is eternal as the church itself, and who renounces it, has already resigned from the church and not a Christian more ...
Prior to take all of our "reformers", "Revive" and "transformation" of the church life in eight if they want to remain faithful sons of the Orthodox Church. If they are their sons, they must gehörchen her above all as a son, otherwise they will be Falschnamige, which may split the church inside "
Nikodim bishop of Dalmatia." If one deviates of the old laws off and breaking any of its rules, shall forfeit the Church of God's grace, it is divisive to a community "
Saint John Chrysostom (d. 407):.." If a church tradition is present, you need look no further "(Pidallion"): "
Greek Steuermanbuch." Where there is no guideline or a written law, as it does in its place, a practice that has proven for many years and the written is not contrary to law. "Syntagma", a canonical collection of the 14th Century, compiled by the monk priest Matthew Wlastaris: "To the Easter celebrations correctly set, four conditions must be met:
1) That must be preceded by the vernal equinox.
2) then had to follow a full moon.
3) There must be celebrated on the first Sunday afterwards.
4) This festival may not coincide with the Jewish Passover "Seventh rule of the Holy Apostles." No matter who it always will be like: a bishop or a priest or a deacon, every one of the Easter before the vernal days equinox with the Jews, celebrates his rank is sacred to undress "
Joint Order in Constantinople under the Patriarch Jeremias II (1583)." Since the Church of ancient Rome seems to be happy about the vanity of its astronomers and the excellent provisions of the Holy Easter, celebrated by Christians all over the world, as it has been amended fitting inadvertently, will result from all sorts of temptations ...
Therefore, we must point out that there is such that hl. Fathers had intended. We have discussed this with the Patriarch of Alexandria and Patriarch of Jerusalem and other members of the Synod in Dusse Swjate and clarified: who does not respect the church customs, and it lives up to the Seven Ecumenical Councils of the Passover and the calendar have prescribed, but at wants to keep the Gregorian calendar and the Gregorian Easter table, acting together with the wicked astronomers against all rules of the Holy Councils and would weaken and change it? He was cursed and expelled from the Church of Christ and the communion of the faithful. You all, orthodox and devout Christians, hold you to what we have taught you, which you were born and raised are, and should it be necessary, sheds and your blood, that remain of his father's faith and commitment kept. Be on your guard, that stand by our Lord Jesus Christ to you and our prayers are with you all. Amen. "(Jeremiah II, Patriarch of Constantinople, New Year's Eve, Patriarchy of Alexandria, Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem, and other high priest of the Council on 20 November 1583 has taken place).
belongs to us Orthodox people to use the Orthodox calendar, since the beginnings of Christianity to the traditional tried and true, good church customs.
Ecumenical Patriarch Joakim III (d. 1904): "It is an essential feature of Orthodoxy and the A and 0 of their total canonical structure that the centuries-old definitions of our fathers will not hurt the only way to the. latest efforts, which, in the words of the Apostle go out to speak, of the terrestrial and devilish sophistries to understand. Because they think is what so many centuries, has long passed due, not to remain in force and also for the rest of the time be holy. "
The All-Russian sacred Council (1917-1918) was aware of how destructive any progress towards is the Gregorian style, and therefore gave the Julian calendar preference. It rejected the new style from decided and determined to stick to the church calendar to the old style.
The four Orthodox bishops councils of the foreign Russian Church (1923, 1924, 1926 and 1931) also possessed the new Style reject, for the Eastern patriarchs were cursed in 1583 and 1756 the new style. And this curse is still valid, as the Council of Nicaea did not it repealed. "
I worship still held the Julian calendar. It is extremely easy compared to any calendar changes, much scientific. I think the cultural mission of Russia in this question is to the Julian calendar for several centuries to keep it alive and thus the Western peoples is an unnecessary departure from the Gregorian reform, and a return to old style to the pristine . Facilitate
"We must no longer the Catholic truth explore means of the general religious consciousness, because that we lack the time, but we have to the whole church tradition, turn aside, because in the old church had regarding the church calendar were no discrepancies between all had prevailed harmony, which have confirmed the country's councils repeatedly ...
have the basis of the tradition we determine who is today a true son of the Church and who is a splitter, the preservation of sacred tradition, -.'d said Patriarch Joakim III, is a characteristic of the true faith ...
This leads to the conclusion:
1) The calendar issue is a matter of faith.
2) The old Julian calendar which is canonically mandatory, especially with regard to the Easter table, and the order of service.
3) The new Gregorian calendar, however, leads inevitably towards an amendment of the Easter table, and the order of service.
An Open Letter to all the children of Christ Church, which adhere to the Orthodox calendar, and to the traditions of the Holy Catholic Church (1929), Innocent, Archbishop of Peking (d. 1931):
"We have heard the sad news that those who adhere to the traditions of the Holy Orthodox Church, on the part of the false brothers are cruelly persecuted. The latter dare under the protection of the secular authorities to abuse the divine laws and to insult. These wolves in sheep's clothing who claim to be wise people and reconnaissance aircraft, have the audacity to without any fear of God to correct the laws of Christ Church. You are blinded by the arrogance of this world, they think themselves wiser than the apostles and the holy fathers, has spoken with the lips of the Lord Himself ...
claim you, our Orthodox calendar is the astronomical truth deviated far, and therefore it is long since time to go over to the Gregorian calendar, because he was deemed correct by scholars and accepted by the whole world's been atheists. Prove they can not, however ...
Floundering are the claims of the followers of the new style, the Gregorian calendar was introduced because the Julian calendar needed a correction. But the Jesuits at the end of the 16th Century in the Catholic Church had won a huge influence were merely intent on the introduction of the Gregorian calendar, with the Orthodox East to break definitively so that even the parties were committed at different times.
Equally important as these arguments, the other secondary proof and of the followers of the new style in favor of the Gregorian calendar completely wrong if they think our Orthodox calendar and the Easter table were not oriented to the sun and the moon. Either they know it or conceal it with intent, but our Orthodox calendar has been set based on the lunar calendar. We Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter, not specified by the Gregorian or the Julian calendar, but according to the biblical calendar, like the Old Testament Israel was celebrated in observance of the commandments of God proclaimed by Moses Passover.
The New Testament, the Orthodox Church remembers the words of the Redeemer, Till heaven and earth pass away, will not pass the smallest letter, not a speck of the law, till it all done (Mt 5, 18),? and upholds the sacred ancient custom to celebrate Easter according to the lunar calendar.
had, as our Savior Jesus Christ lived on earth?
He has also lived by the old biblical lunar calendar. Together with the Old Testament Israel, he was in the Nissan, the first month of the Jewish year, the full moon come to Jerusalem to the Passion Festival. At that time he was also told be tried and crucified.
are therefore the death and resurrection of the Redeemer inextricably linked with the Jewish Passover and must then follow. Therefore, it was already in the first century to celebrate the Christian tradition, Holy Week, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Saturday after the Jewish Passover. And so the holy Church holds to the present day. Thus, this order would be maintained forever, put the holy. Apostle finds Easter after the Jewish Passover festival to celebrate after the vernal equinox. Since the equinox falls on September and March, and had begun the new year since ancient times, either in September or March, it could Easter, as it is celebrated after the equinox, never fall on the year. By this rule, the holy Church has never deviated, it had sometimes been differences of opinion, only about whether one could simultaneously celebrate Easter with the Jewish Passover test.
managed in this question, the Antioch council clarity:
It had, in respect of Easter we have to abide by the rules of the Apostles. Later, in the 4th Century would put together an Orthodox Easter table. The church did the most learned of antiquity, that of Alexandria. Compared to her, were the Catholic reformers of the 16th Century only brazen Tinker, the entstellten.Mit their highly perfect work putting together the Easter table was pursuing the goal that Easter is everywhere to celebrate at the same time and always strictly the Apostolic rule has been met: namely Easter never before or simultaneously to celebrate the Jewish Passover . The creators of the Easter table was well known that the Julian calendar, they had to be related to the Jewish lunar calendar in line, is inaccurate, but the lunar calendar it was, they knew that.
The error of the Julian calendar corrects the errors of the lunar calendar, but so well that the deviation in our Easter table, like the astronomer Predterschenski testified that within 1900 years is not more than three hours ...
Even without Easter table and specific calculations, each Orthodox determine readily the date of Easter: may he sure in which direction move toward the shadows at sunrise and to remember the day when the shadows will fall directly to the west. This will be the day of the equinox. Then he must observe the moon and capture the day when the moon rises in the east as the sun goes down at the same time in the west, and vice versa.
On this day, when the full moon lights up the whole night through, is celebrated the Jewish Passover. On the Thursday, follows the full moon begins, then the Christian Easter, which lasts until Sunday. Here one must remember that the full moon has only reference to Easter, when he did not earlier than ten days after the equinox occurs, ie not before the 18 March. The earliest Easter will be when the full moon on Wednesday, 18 March falls. On 19 March, Maundy Thursday and then on 22 be March Easter Sunday. Does the full moon a few days before the 18th March a, so Easter is postponed to April as the Easter full moon the full moon is on 18 April apply. On this day which would make the Jewish Passion Festival. If that day is a Sunday, the Holy Week begins on Thursday, 22 April, and Easter Sunday is on 25 April celebrated, are the latest Easter. Thus, each calendar can not quite figure out exactly when our Orthodox Easter is celebrated.
so we can keep up with a clear conscience in our Orthodox calendar and the Easter table, that way we will never Easter earlier than the Jews, or celebrate together with them, and also said not verstoßen.Genauer against the Holy Canons, is our Orthodox calendar neither the Julian nor the lunar calendar is based, expressed in weeks but an era. We clearly see in our worship books, where the calendar is weekly. Since the end of the creation of the world We dedicate our work on the sixth day, the seventh we God ...
But the stubbornly bucking followers of the new style we can not convince. Even if we raise still more important objection to its reform, they would still not believe the true words. Otherwise it can not be any, because they only feign love and act as if they were concerned about the welfare of the church. In reality, they are guided by quite different, however, not religious ends, since they obey the instructions of those people who want to have for many centuries to undermine the foundations of Christ Church. Not at the introduction of the Gregorian calendar them dominant, but because to do away with our Orthodox calendar, and thus divide the faithful to each other and to eradicate the brotherly love. You have raised a hand against our church customs, traditions that have survived the fathers and who have sanctified the time, as the servants of the ruler of this world know only too well that our Orthodox Church is precisely because of their traditions strong and powerful. They also know excellent, that the divine holy canons and wise, and protect our Holy Church as an impregnable wall against the corrupt spirit of this world and against all bearing the seal of the Antichrist.
The opponents of Jesus Christ have tirelessly and persistently shaken the foundations of His Holy Church, to another temple in its place, a kind of sanctuary to establish itself deifying humanity. Therefore no one should think, we fought for hours to days and months and endured because of full moons and equinoxes sorts wrongs. No, we stand for the Holy church, take her to the infernal forces in protection. The opponents of Jesus Christ to know how high it is important for the nation and the church that the celebration and fasting days are set to a specific, binding for all time. You know, this is for the nation, the state and even more to the church the very strongest link.
Let us say no, we fought the air! No. The Lord has deemed worthy to fight for his name. Glory and honor all those who participated in the persecution and hardships! Forever be praised all those for whom the Lord had given to the martyrs crown! In the Christ Church is all important and significant, for in every practice embodies the Holy Spirit, who can live and breathe the Church. Anyone who dares to rise against the Holy Tradition and Scripture based church customs and laws, rising against the Holy Spirit and reveals all have eyes to see he whose mind is. And the Holy Church is correct when they beg verfemt.Ich such people to the Lord to strengthen the weak, lead the lost back on the right path and prepare his followers a way into the higher regions " source
The new calendar is under anathema: Normal
1582 Pope Gregory 13 changes the calendar
sentenced in 1583 Pan-Orthodox Council in Constantinople, and sets the new calendar under anathema
sentenced in 1587 Pan-Orthodox council again in Constantinople and sets the new calendar again under anathema
1593 Pan - Orthodox council condemned and sets the new calendar under anathema
1670 Patriarch Dositheos of Jerusalem and its Holy Synod order the new calendar and put him under anathema
1827 the Ecumenical Patriarch and his Holy Synod Agathangelos order the new calendar and put him under anathema
1895 Ökumensiche Patriarch Anthimos 7th and his Holy Synod ordered the new calendar
1902 the Ecumenical Patriarch Joachim 3rd and his Holy Synod condemned the new calendar
1903 Patriarch Damian of Jerusalem and its Holy Synod of the new calendar
1903 the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church condemned condemned the new calendar
1903 the Holy Synod of the Romania Orthodox Church condemns condemns the new calendar
1903, the 'holy Synod of the Greek Orthodox Church of the New Calendar
1904 Ökumensche Patriarch Joachim 3rd and his Holy Synod condemned the new calendar
1919 again condemned by the Holy Synod of the Greek Orthodox Church of the New Calendar
1919 Meletios Metaxakis becomes Archbishop of Athens
1921 Archbishop Meletios is discontinued because uncanonical approach
1922 In January, with the support of the Ministry, but without canonical Survey is Meletios Patriarch of Constantinople.
1923, the future Archbishop of Athens Chrysostom Papadopoulos wrote: No Autocephalous Orthodox Church can trennnen from other local churches and to accept the new calendar without being schismatic.
.......
1925, the phenomenon of life-giving Cross of the Church of St John the Theologian in Athens, where Altkalendarier have gathered about the increase of the cross to celebrate
Why the Russian church is still in communion with so many other churches is also a mystery to me! But we'll see what the future brings. I would say the ROK should address the Altkalendariern, Mount Athos .... shall combine and the other churches with an ultimatum.
Also, most of all the saints and Gerontas were against the introduction of the new calendar:
+ Gerontas Gervasios of Patras
+ elder Cleopa
+ the great Gerontas Philotheos Zervakos
+ Papa Nicholas Planas
+ Gerontas Jerome
Z. B were also found Altkalendarische bishops fragrant:
Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Florina, three years after his death his grave was opened and his relics spread a wonderful fragrance.
+ the Holy Glicherie of Romania
+ of Saint John the Romanian, the adherents of the old calendar
and so on .....
Each bishop must swear that he kept the faith and the Holy Canons and the Holy follows tradition, he should not take to heart everything he is no bishop.
The St. John Chrysostom:
Obey your bishop, but if he's teaching which differs from the traditional doctrine or introducing something new then fly - fly - fly because otherwise you'll both be lost.
Would you also Nestorius follow and be obedient? - Arius or ...?
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