New Calendarists

The New Calendarists are Eastern Orthodox churches that adopted the Revised Julian calendar.

In the Kingdom of Great Britain, the Gregorian calendar was officially introduced in 1752.

The need for preservation of ritual differences, including various questions related to liturgical calendar, was consequently acknowledged by Rome.

Since then, several Eastern Orthodox Churches have introduced partial changes into their liturgical calendars.

It has been adopted by: The Orthodox Church in America (except for Alaska) also uses the revised calendar.

Patriarch Meletius IV of Constantinople , who convened the council that authorised the Revised Julian calendar