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CHRONOLOGIES AND CALENDARS.
144. The Old Style or Russian Calendar.
| Russian and Greek Dates or O.S. |
New Style Dates used by rest of Christendom. | |||
| 1896. | 1897. | |||
| Dec. | 25 | Nativity | Jan. | 6 |
| 1897. | ||||
| Jan. | 2 | Circumcision | Jan.„ | 14 |
| Jan.„ | 7 | Theophany (Epiphany) | Jan.„ | 19 |
| Feb. | 3 | Hypapante (Purification) | Feb. | 15 |
| Feb.„ | 5 | Carnival Sunday | Feb.„ | 17 |
| Feb.„ | 12 | First Sunday in Lent | Feb.„ | 24 |
| Mar. | 10 | Forty Martyrs | Mar. | 22 |
| Mar.„ | 18 | Palm Sunday | Mar.„ | 30 |
| Mar.„ | 23 | Great Friday (Good Friday) | April | 4 |
| Mar.„ | 25 | Holy Pasch (Easter Day) | April„ | 6 |
| Mar.„ | 26 | Annunciation of Theotokos | April„ | 7 |
| April | 24 | S. George | May | 6 |
| May | 3 | Ascension | May„ | 15 |
| May„ | 10 | S. Nicolas | May„ | 22 |
| May„ | 13 | Pentecost (Whit Sunday) | May„ | 25 |
| May„ | 14 | Holy Ghost | May„ | 26 |
| June | 30 | Peter and Paul, Chief Apostles | July | 12 |
| Aug. | 2 | First Day of Fast of Theotokos | July„ | 14 |
| Aug.„ | 7 | Transfiguration | July„ | 19 |
| Aug.„ | 16 | Repose of Theotokos (Assumption) | Aug. | 28 |
| Aug.„ | 31 | S. Alexander Nevsky | Sep. | 12 |
| Sep. | 9 | Nativity of Theotokos | Sep.„ | 26 |
| Sep.„ | 15 | Exaltation of the Cross | Sep.„ | 27 |
| Oct. | 2 | Patronage of Theotokos | Oct. | 14 |
| Oct.„ | 22 | Accession of the Emperor[1] | Nov. | 3 |
| Oct.„ | 16 | First Day Fast of the Nativity | Nov.„ | 28 |
| Oct.„ | 22 | Entrance of Theotokos | Dec. | 4 |
| Dec. | 7 | S. Nicolas | Dec.„ | 19 |
| Dec.„ | 10 | Conception of Theotokos | Dec.„ | 22 |
- ↑ This date in 1896 (the coronation) is in contradistinction to the accession of the present Czar.
