So in the Orthodox Church it's on the 1st and in the ECC it's on the 14th?
Dear David,
As you know, I am Orthodox and I said I celebrated the Feast today.
Most Orthodox Christians (and, I believe, the majority of Greek Catholics as well) throughout the world still retain the Old (i.e. Julian) Calendar. So for them today (14 October, n.s.) is 1 October, the Feast of the Protection of the Mother of God.
However, most Orthodox Christians (and, I believe, almost all Greek Catholics) in the United States have adopted the New Calendar. For the Orthodox this means the so-called Revised Julian Calendar, which is the same as the Gregorian Calendar for Menologion (Holy Protection, St Nicolas, Christmas, Theophany, Annunciation, Dormition, etc.), but retains the Julian reckoning for Pascha and all the days dependent on that date (Great Lent, Palm Sunday, Ascension Day, Pentecost, the Sundays of the year, etc.) For Greek Catholics the New Calendar means the Gregorian Calendar for both the Menologion and the Paschal Cycle. So for most Orthodox Christians and Greek Catholics in this country today is 14 October, the Feast of the Martyrs Nazarius, Gervase, Protase and Celsius of Milan.
The Russian and Serbian Orthodox Churches in this country still keep the Old Calendar. I am a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, so I do as well.
Fr David Straut
