DCRB(S) Appendix

[Deborah J. Leslie]

Larry, please note that the subject heading should be DCRM(S), not
DCRB(S). {The mislabeled subject doesn't kick my automatic sorting into
action.} --DJL

-----Original Message-----
From: Laurence Creider [mailto:lcreider at lib.NMSU.Edu]
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 6:32 PM
To: dcrb-l at lib.byu.edu
Cc: juliet at citrus.ucr.edu; jane.gillis at yale.edu
Subject: Re: DCRB(S) Appendix


On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, Robert L. Maxwell wrote:

> 
> Glossary: Old Style/New Style Dates. Are there any countries that
still 
> remain under the Julian calendar? For example, when did Greece convert
(if 
> at all)? If we have a serial from such a country issued in 1999/2000
are we 
> to convert the date?
> 

I don't know of any countries that still use the Julian Calendar, but
many
of the Eastern Orthodox churches do and might well employ it in their
publications.  As of the late 1970s, the monastic communities of Mount
Athos continued to use the Julian calendar so that there was a radical
date change when going from Athens to the Mount.  On the other hand,
some
Eastern Orthodox communities may use the Gregorian calendar.  As far as
I
can remember, the reason for sticking with the Julian Calendar is that
an
ecumencial council is required to change the calendar in this way since
it
does affect the date of Easter. In any case, for publications issued
after
about 1920, the distinguishing point would be not the political
jurisdiction but the ecclesiastical entity issuing the publication.  
Perhaps we should check this out more thoroughly?
	Larry Creider

Laurence S. Creider
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