Pickled herring and alternative calendars in Oregon
Collegiate volleyball web pages are a great way to share more info with fans than what they see on the court or can discern from vague MySpace or Facebook entries. But sometimes you learn too many things, or are left with too many questions.Such was the case with the Oregon Ducks' quick survey of what their players did for Christmas vacation. Among the highlights:
Sophomore setter Lindsey Stone: I received a pickled herring wake up call as a gift and I took a Polar Bear dip on Jan 1st.
A "pickled herring wake up call"? You know, I'm pretty sure I was paying attention in middle school when you learned all the ways you could torture people while they're sleeping, but I don't remember anyone mentioning "pickled herring." There was a bowl of warm water, something about underwear in the freezer, no pickled herring. And is the Polar Bear dip a required activity following a pickled herring wake up call? As in, "Dude, I got a pickled herring wake up call the other day, so I had to take an immediate Polar Bear dip"?
But there's more:
Serbian junior oustide hitter Gorana Maricic: Most people in Serbia have Christmas in Jan. but we celebrate both days so under the Christmas tree I found a “huge” Milka Chocolade bar and some cosmetics.
Is Serbia on a different calendar than the rest of us? Is this like the Chinese New Year or Canadian Thanksgiving?
Labels: Gorana Maricic, Lindsey Stone, Oregon, Puerto Rico
posted by dotter @ 10:34 AM
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Serbians are Orthodox Christians, just like most people in East Europe. The Orthodox Christian Church follows some archaic traditions. For example, they still use the Julian Calendar as opposed to the modern Gregorian Calendar used in Western (Roman Catholic and Protestant) churches. Because they use a slightly different calendar, the dates are slightly different. To simplify it a lot, the Julian Calendar is about two weeks behind the Gregorian Calendar; thus our January 7th corresponds to the Gregorian December 25th, which is why Serbians celebrate Christmas in January.
I know this might be kind of confusing, so try to keep in mind that Serbia itself uses the same calendar we do--only the Orthodox Christian CHURCH within Serbia uses a different calendar. Thus, our December 25 is the same day as their December 25; however, because Christmas is viewed as a religious holiday in Serbia, most people in Serbia celebrate Christmas according to the calendar used by their church (January 7th).
See also Old New Year
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