Both East and West have calendar issues. In the Eastern Churches, some follow the old Julian calendar and some the newfangled 16th-century Gregorian. In the Western Church some follow the Roman Rite’s traditional calendar while others that of the novel Novus Ordo.
At no time of year are these differences more pronounced than the time from Christmas through and around Epiphany. Traditional Romans will celebrate the Holy Family on Sunday January 12 and the Lord’s Baptism on Monday, while Epiphany was on January 6 (where it ought to be). Novus Ordo Mass-goers got Epiphany on January 5, the Holy Family on December 29, and will celebrate the Baptism on January 12. And the Julian Easterners celebrated Christmas on Gregorian Tuesday, January 7.
