In the Julian calendar, the new year began on March 25. So March 24, 1701 would be followed directly by March 25, 1702. The Gregorian calendar, as we know today, begins on January 1.

The Synod of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine has approved switching to the new Julian calendar from Sept. 1. It means the Church will celebrate Christmas on Dec. 25 instead of Jan. 7.

Some other weather facts about Julian calendar Christmas: the warmest ever was in 1998. It was 63 degrees that day. The coldest temperature ever was in 2018 when the low was 5 below.

For centuries, much of the world had existed under the Julian calendar (named for Julius Caesar, who implemented it), which was much like our calendar. A year was 365¼ days long and added an ...