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The wise and practical change by pope Charles was uninformed by many and ignored by some and protestant from those that wanted no change. And change for some was as late in 1918, Russia converted after there revolutionary war , Greece finally change in 1923.In contrast still many orthodox churches follow the Julian calendar to the day. Mean while the Julian calendar has a deficient of 13 days to date by the Gregorian calendar. .
Since their invention calendars have been used to reckon time in .
advance and to fix the occurrence of events like harvest or religious.
festivals. Ancient people tied their calendars to what ever recurring.
natural phenomena the could most easily observe. In areas with .
pronounced seasons, annual weather changes usually fixed the .
calendar; in warmer climates such as southern Europe, Africa and.
Middle East, the moon was used to mark time. .
Unfortunately, the cycles of the sun and moon do not synchronize.
Well. A lunare year (consisting of 12 lunar cycles, or Luna rations, .
Each 29 ½ days long) is only 354 days, 8 hrs. long: a solar year lasts .
About 365 ¼ days. After three years a strict lunar calendar would .
Have diverged from the solar calendar by 33 days, or more than .
one lunaration.
There is one calendar that is purely lunar used to this day by muslin religion and its months have no bearing on seasonal beginnings or endings which isn't practical for the modern day use .
The moon has still proven to be the most effective way to divide the solar year.
Indeed the Gregorian calendar s the best known system to date but has a few weaknesses, It can't be divided equally or quartered, The number of days monthly is mere chance and start of a new month or year can start on any day of the weak likewise are holidays, birthdays, ect.