New Year is
the time at which a new calendar year begins and the calendar's year count is
incremented. In many cultures, the event is celebrated in some manner. The New
Year of the Gregorian calendar,
today in worldwide use, falls on 1 January, as was the case with the Roman calendar. There are numerous
calendars that remain in regional use that calculate the New Year differently.
The order of months in the
Roman calendar was January to December since King Numa Pompilius in about 700
BC, according to Plutarch and Macrobius. According to Catholic tradition, 1 January is the day of the circumcision of Jesus (on the eighth
day from his birth), when the name of Jesus was given to him (Luke 2:21).
It was only relatively
recently that 1 January again became the first day of the year in Western
culture. Until 1751 in England and Wales (and all British dominions) the New
Year started on 25 March – Lady Day, one of the four quarter days (the
change to 1 January took place in 1600 in Scotland). Since then, 1 January has
been the first day of the year.
Thus, for such a little
understanding on New Year Event, Maxmillian Kattikiro would deeply love to
wish all our dearest viewers and followers of our blog the happiest moment and
God’s blessings when we start the new calendar of the year 2013 in our lives.
Stay blessed and keep on
following Maxmillian Kattikiro Blog.
Blog Administrator,
Maxmillian Kattikiro.
31st December
2012.
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