Stand Alone Pages on 'Musings of an Old Curmudgeon'

01 September 2018

Happy New Year!!!

Happy New Year's Day, A.M. 7527!!!

No, I haven't gone mad. In the Byzantine Calendar, used liturgically in the Catholic Churches of the Byzantine Rite and the Eastern Orthodox (except for the Old Calendarists) today is the anniversary of the Creation 7527 years ago.

Whilst the West uses A.D., anno Domini, In the Year of Our Lord, the East uses A.M., anno mundi, In the Year of the World.



Let the festivities begin!

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