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Feast of Saint Gregory the Illuminator? This apparently is the patron saint of Armenia, which claims to be the first Christian state as a result of his conversion of the improbably named King Trdat. You seem to have chosen wisely, but exactly how many multiple birthdays would you like to celebrate Father Steve?! The Armenians (Monophysites and Uniates) keep the feast of their apostle on 30 September, when his relics were deposed at Thortan. They have many other feasts to commemorate his birth (August 5) , sufferings (February 4) , going into the pit (February 28) , coming out of the pit (October 19) , etc… The Byzantine Church keeps his feast (Gregorios ho phoster) on 30 September, as do also the Syrians (Nilles, I, 290-292). Pope Gregory XVI, in September, 1837, admitted his namesake to the Reman Calendar; and appointed 1 October as his feast (among the festa pro aliquibus locis).[e.a.] That’s a lot of birthday cake... :) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07023a.htm
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> I hope it doesn't (re-)start a trend
fightin' words, those are!
Gregory does birthday cake
The Feast of old Greg the Apostle
Is a party most grand for a fossil;
Once starved in a pit
Of Armenian shit,
His love of cream cake’s now colossal!
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The legend of Greg Luminatus,
Whether real or perhaps adumbratus,
Is rehearsed every year
Both in Europe and here
And look where his festival got us.
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All right, I have to ask, if the 'Byzantines' (presumably Greek Orthodox) and Syrians (edit: not to mention the Aremenians whose saint he is) celebrate the saint on 30 September, why did Gregory XVI choose 1 October when he recognised him on behalf of the Roman Catholic church?
Was it just to be different, or is there some subtle calendrical point about the difference between the Julian calendar and what the Gregorian calendar would have said if it had been around in the saint's lifetime?
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the difference between the Julian calendar and what the Gregorian calendar
The difference between the Gregorian and Julian calendars added about 3 days every 400 years. The difference was about 11 days during Greg 16's papacy and St. Bigfoot was about 1000 years earlier, so, if my rough mental adding machine isn't slipping too many gears it was about 4 days different during St. Biggie's era.
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