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Beginning of the Church's Year
The First Ecumenical Council established that the Church’s year would begin on September 1st, continuing the practice of the Roman Empire at that time.
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The First Ecumenical Council established that the Church’s year would begin on September 1st, continuing the practice of the Roman Empire at that time. For centuries, the beginning of the civil year coincided with the Church year, but later changed, first in western Europe, then in Russia in the time of Peter the Great.