Re: Religious Discrimination :-) (was Loyalty cards again)

Dorothy J Heydt <djheydt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Stage 5:  The years roll on and finally the Protestant countries
> concede that maybe they'd better adopt the Gregorian calendar after
> all, even if it was named after a Pope, and do so.  An adjustment
> of eleven days is now required.  (This happened in the eighteenth
> century, during George Wa****ngton's lifetime.  He adjusted his
> birthday accordingly.)

Different Protestant countries adopted the Gregorian calendar in
different centuries.  Some did it suddenly, others gradually by having
no leap years until they were in synch.

> Stage 8:  The Soviet Union collapses and the Orthodox Church comes
> out of hiding, but it's *still* using the Julian calendar -- there's
> now a thirteen-day gap.  Their algorithm for the date of Easter may
> also be slightly different; I don't know.

It is.
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