New Limacon
11-09-2007, 23:02
They've only just celebrated the Millennium! Huzzah!
Although, wasn't the estimate for the Western Christian church for the date of Jesus' birth a few years out anyway? Is Ethiopia more accurate than the rest of us? Do you know of other countries that have other differing calendars? Do they have any interesting new year celebration traditions?
Linky (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6990298.stm)
The article said they were using the Coptic Orthodox Calendar, which is Julian, not Gregorian. Still, I think that would only change the date by a few days, so unless those leap year days really piled up since 1582, I don't know why they are celebrating now.
EDIT: Yes, that's right, I'm the OP. In my divine omniscience, I predicted what the first reply would be and already responded to it.
Although, wasn't the estimate for the Western Christian church for the date of Jesus' birth a few years out anyway? Is Ethiopia more accurate than the rest of us? Do you know of other countries that have other differing calendars? Do they have any interesting new year celebration traditions?
Linky (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6990298.stm)
The article said they were using the Coptic Orthodox Calendar, which is Julian, not Gregorian. Still, I think that would only change the date by a few days, so unless those leap year days really piled up since 1582, I don't know why they are celebrating now.
EDIT: Yes, that's right, I'm the OP. In my divine omniscience, I predicted what the first reply would be and already responded to it.