Old Calendarists

Old Calendarists (Greek: palaioimerologitai or palaioimerologites), also known as Old Feasters (palaioeortologitai), Genuine Orthodox Christians or True Orthodox Christians (GOC; Greek: Γνήσιοι Ορθόδοξοι Χριστιανοί, romanized: Gnisioi Orthodoxoi Christianoi), are traditionalist groups of Eastern Orthodox Christians who separated from mainstream Eastern Orthodox churches because some of the latter adopted the revised Julian calendar while Old Calendarists remained committed to the Julian calendar. Old Calendarists are not in communion with any mainstream Eastern Orthodox churches. "Old Calendarists" is another name for the True Orthodox movement in Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Cyprus.

This article is about the Eastern Orthodox groups which have left their Churches due to disagreements concerning the Revised Julian calendar. For the other name of the Eastern Orthodox movement which separated from mainstream Eastern Orthodoxy in the 1920s, see True Orthodoxy. For the Assyrian church which keeps its old calendar, see Ancient Church of the East.
Old Calendarists
Regions with significant populations
 Greece250 000–2 million (1991); 500 000–800 000 (2005)
 Romania1 million (1991); over 1 million (1999)
 USAat least 2,000 (2011)
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