Because they’re using a different calendar. Why do the Orthodox branches celebrate the Christmas holiday on a different day from Western Christians? Because they’re still using the Julian calendar. Like the Eastern Orthodox Church in Russia, the Copts still use the Julian calendar adopted by Julius Caesar in 45 B.C. The Julian calendar has 365
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Because they’re using a different calendar. Why do the Orthodox branches celebrate the Christmas holiday on a different day from Western Christians? Because they’re still using the Julian calendar. Like the Eastern Orthodox Church in Russia, the Copts still use the Julian calendar adopted by Julius Caesar in 45 B.C. The Julian calendar has 365
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