When I saw the title, I though it might be referring to the fact that the majority of Orthodox Christians in the world have not yet celebrated the day of Nativity, which, according to the church calendar is the familiar date of Dec 25, but on the secular calendar is Jan 7 (Thursday this year).

This was pleasing to me, because even the local clergy seem to never remember that not everyone is celebrating according to their new schedule. I was disappointed to see that this article, like so many, was mute about the calendar. There is a history regarding the calendar change that we should know, otherwise we will continue to make the same mistakes. The hegemony of the Ecumenical Patriarch that we are witnessing at this very moment is one of them.

On local clergy lists, there are wishes for “Merry Christmas” and “Blessed Theophany” that are obviously not remembering that for many in the world, and a few in the DFW area, the day of Christmas has not arrived yet.