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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture >>btw, in my on-going confusion, "the last Sunday of the year" would only be "the >>Sunday before Advent" in those [very, very few?] locales which ran on a calender >>which started the year on Christmas day. most places started their year on Easter, >>i believe. I think you're right. It's funny, my wife and I have been talking a lot about this sort of problem because she's been hired to edit a biblical commentary for publication as a multi-volume book. The guy who put it together tried to tie it to the liturgical lectionary, but it doesn't work well for this sort of thing because there is a 34-day variability depending on the date of Pascha. As a result, most liturgical things begin with Pascha (which gets weird, too, since Holy Week, Lent, and Triodion have to precede it). In Byzantine practice, the ecclesiastical year begins with the commemoration of Christ reading in the synagogue in Nazareth. Today it is called the Indiction (but I think this was officially adopted after 1453). The imperial indiction was September 24 and the papal indiction was January 1. ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html