A calendar notation in which the date is represented by one number. For example, the Julian date for December 11, 1942 is 2430705; while December 12, 1942 is 2430706. The Julian date is widely ...

Why isn’t the date for Easter fixed in the same way as other Christian holidays? Christmas, for example, is always December 25, whereas the date of Easter can vary within a wide range of days in March ...

But the date varies each year. Here's a look at why that changes ... Easter can be observed between April 4 and May 8 in the Eastern Orthodox Church, which follows the Julian calendar. This year, ...

Bowan is one of the many Orthodox Christians who celebrate the holiday according to the Julian Calendar ... but they all come back for the holy days," said Beverly Bowan of Mayfield.