Drats! Sorry you can't make it to the dinner, but have a good time in
Europe, Starchild.
Marcy
--- In lpsf-activists@yahoogroups.com, Starchild <sfdreamer@e...>
wrote:
Marcy,
No, I can't make it. I'd like to, but I'm going to be in
Europe. When
David was taking his survey I told him that the two dates he was
asking
about wouldn't work for me.
<<< Starchild >>>
> So, Starchild, are you going?
> Marcy
>
> --- In lpsf-activists@yahoogroups.com, Starchild <sfdreamer@e...>
> wrote:
>> It turns out that the difference is because the date of the
> Orthodox
>> celebration is calculated using the earlier Julian calendar
rather
> than
>> the Gregorian calendar now in common use. Both celebrations were
>> largely lifted from older pagan customs (see
>> http://www.religioustolerance.org/easter.htm).
>>
>> Yours in liberty,
>> <<< Starchild >>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> Thank you for making me aware of the date of the
>>> semi-annual dinner, May 1. Since my attendance at
>>> business meetings has been nil this year so far, I at
>>> least wanted to go to our semi-annual dinner. But May
>>> 1 is Orthodox Easter and a good friend of mine always
>>> puts on a feast at her home on Russian Orthodox Easter
>>> so I have a conflict.
>>>
>>> Since western Easter this year was in late March, it
>>> is bizarre that Russian Easter is in May, but that's
>>> the oddness of religion.
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