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Solar-side flaws: we should mention how slow this drift is
==Shortcomings of the Julian Paschalion==
===Solar-side flaws===
Because of the inaccuracy of the [[Julian Calendar]]'s solar year, Pascha is drifting later into the year for those who use the Julian Paschalion. Even though for those using the Julian Calendar Pascha will always be sometime in March or April, it will eventually be celebrated in the northern hemisphere in the summer, the autumn, and then the winter. (For those using the [[Revised Julian Calendar]], the calendar date of Pascha is drifting along with its astronomical position.) In both cases, however, the drift is very slow compared to human lifetimes - it amounts to approximately one week every 1000 years. So, for example, it would take an amount of time longer than all recorded history just for Pascha to end up being celebrated after the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere.
===Lunar-side flaws===
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