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It has to do with the way the Gregorian calendar was imposed. The date of Easter/Pascha is the subject of many council rulings, as was uniform until the Roman church imposed the change (which wasn't accepted everywhere simultaneously. Britain and the United States, for instance, adopted the Gregorian calendar separately.)
The Eastern Orthodox have made some attempt at implementing changes that can bring the old Julian calendar (really is from the time of Julius Caesar) into line with what's happening in the sky (the Gregorian calendar doesn't get it quite right, either.) In the early part of the 20Th century, the Patriarch of Constantinople offered certain changes so that the churches that adopted it would celebrate the same dates as Roman Catholics and other Western Christians, but that kept the calculation of Pascha according to the fully accepted ancient calculation. That's why the Greek
Orthodox in the US, for instance, celebrate Christmas along with everyone else, but often celebrate Pascha differently. It is a scandal (which is why the early church decided what it did, to over come scandals of its day.)
The Orthodox have proposed also a "revised Julian calendar" that corresponds largely (but not entirely) with the Gregorian calendar.
"Change" is not something the Orthodox are noted for.
Blessings.
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Why don't Eastern Orthodox churches use the Gregorian calendar?
