Old Calendarists

Old Calendarists
Regions with significant populations
 Greece250 000–2 million (1991);[1] 500 000–800 000 (2005)[2]
 Romania1 million (1991);[1] over 1 million (1999)[3]
 USAat least 2,000 (2011)[4]
Religions
Christianity (Eastern Orthodoxy)

Old Calendarists (Greek: palaioimerologitai[5] or palaioimerologites[6]), also known as Old Feasters (palaioeortologitai), Genuine Orthodox Christians or True Orthodox Christians (GOC; Greek: Γνήσιοι Ορθόδοξοι Χριστιανοί, romanizedGnisioi Orthodoxoi Christianoi), are traditionalist groups of Eastern Orthodox Christians who separated from mainstream Eastern Orthodox churches because some of the latter adopted the revised Julian calendar while Old Calendarists remained committed to the Julian calendar.[5][7] Old Calendarists are not in communion with any mainstream Eastern Orthodox churches.[8] "Old Calendarists" is another name for the True Orthodox movement in Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Cyprus.[9]

  1. ^ a b Chrysostomos; Akakios (November 1, 1991). "The old calendarists: A social psychological profile of a Greek Orthodox minority". Pastoral Psychology. 40 (2): 83–91. doi:10.1007/BF01040490. S2CID 144654988 – via Springer Link.
  2. ^ Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | U.S. Department of State Annual Report on International Religious Freedom for 2005 - Greece". Refworld.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ HOCNA adherents, from Krindatch, A. (2011). Atlas of American Orthodox Christian Churches, p. 44. Brookline, MA: Holy Cross Orthodox Press
  5. ^ a b Ware, Kallistos (2002). "Old Calendarists". In Clogg, Richard (ed.). Minorities in Greece: Aspects of a Plural Society. C. Hurst & Co. Publishers. pp. 2–4. ISBN 978-1-85065-705-7.
  6. ^ "Περισσότερες από 500 επιθέσεις σε θρησκευτικούς χώρους το 2017". Η ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  7. ^ Parry, Ken; Melling, David J.; Brady, Dimitri; Griffith, Sidney H.; Healey, John F., eds. (2017-09-01) [1999]. The Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd. pp. 498–9, 355. doi:10.1002/9781405166584. ISBN 978-1-4051-6658-4.
  8. ^ "Independent Orthodox Churches or the Other Orthodox Family of Churches". Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE - Media Network. 2010-10-23. Archived from the original on 2021-09-06. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
  9. ^ Parry, Ken; Melling, David J.; Brady, Dimitri; Griffith, Sidney H.; Healey, John F., eds. (2017-09-01) [1999]. "True Orthodox church". The Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd. pp. 498–9. doi:10.1002/9781405166584. ISBN 978-1-4051-6658-4.