we have a problem with two roman calendars the julian and the gregorian but the julian calendar. is named after julius caesar who established the calendar. as we know would put three hundred sixty five days and one leap year . that's known as the julian calendar so. it has a slight problem because it doesn't really account for some of the astronomical shifts so it begins to kind of slide away a little bit the problem you see in the for. centry when the feast of the nativity of christ was established it obviously existed in the church of rome and probably the latin churches of north africa in the third century it was unknown in the east actually originally. but then the christians decide it should we celebrate the date of the nativity of christ because the gospel doesn't say when christ was born. we don't know in what sees them actually. pretty much traditionally selected. supposed to be celebrated in the day of the winter solstice. so wonderful that the fourth century the winter solstice was around what today is january the seven. but over time it began to shift so basically. by

denominations the russian orthodox church also follows the julian calendar which is thirteen days behind the gregorian calendar used by catholics and protestants. russian orthodox christians celebrate christmas eve on january sixth. that will fans in germany currently having to make do without that week a fix as the bundesliga takes its mid-season break but they can still stay up to date with their favorite players who share snippets of their everyday lives on twitter facebook and instagram and it's not just a way to interact with fans but also big business for the pros. fans lined up to catch a glimpse of their idols but signing autographs and taking selfies isn't enough. social media is the most important point of contact for supporters posting daily updates is almost as important as training for stars like messi and cristiano ronaldo. was different and it's fun and fans want to feel close to them to have a connection they can catch a glimpse of their lives every single day. they find out what the players are up to and also what makes them happy or sad if in fact looked at. the end manages the socia

denominations the russian orthodox church also follows the julian calendar which is thirteen days behind the gregorian calendar used by catholics and protestants. russian orthodox christians celebrate christmas eve on january six. key talks are getting underway here in germany on possibly forming a new government a coalition to lead the country until americans conservatives and the center left social democrats are holding exploratory discussions to see how much common ground they can find major sticking points are expected to include germany's migration policies and its approach towards europe if the talks fail germany could face fresh elections and with them and uncertain future for chancellor merkel. will be going live to our correspondent in the next hour for more on those talks well how germany proceeds and its relations with turkey could also come up before discussion in the coalition talks times between the two nato allies have deteriorated since the failed coup against turkey as president of thai air to one in two thousand and sixteen but this weekend brought a meeting between germany and turke

denominations the russian orthodox church also follows the julian calendar which is thirteen days behind the gregorian calendar used by catholics and protestants. russian orthodox christians celebrate christmas eve on january sixth. german chancellor angela merkel is set to host a fresh round of talks on possibly forming a new coalition government the five day exploratory talks will include anglo-american as conservatives and the center left social democrats the parties are hoping to find some preliminary agreements on sticking points including germany's migration policies as well as its approach towards europe if the talks fail germany could face fresh elections and with them an uncertain future for chancellor merkel. how germany proceeds and its relations with turkey could also be up for discussion in the coalition talks ties between the two nato allies have deteriorated since the failed coup against turkey's president rich a type error to one in twenty sixteen but this weekend brought a meeting between germany and turkey's top diplomats at which they pledged to try and improve that your country's r

calendar is orthodox christians follow never the majority of orthodox christians never adopted the gregorian calendar which was made by catholics and instead stick to the julian calendar which has a difference of thirteen days which of course means that christmas then falls on january the seventh and for them this holiday really is a religious one there's a very big focus on religion people fast for forty days in the run up to christmas the end they attend church services both on christmas eve and in christmas day itself and those services run into the early hours in the morning just behind me like you mentioned the joy of christ the savior you can see at the cathedral and people crowds have been pouring in there all evening and will be attending those services into the early hours we had a chance to talk to a few people here on the streets about what the holiday means to them so let's take a listen. there's just first of all a christmas for me is a family holiday my grandmother was a very religious person so i'm here. for her to one of my family tradition to see me in the bushes my family a

>> the world's calendar is the gregorian calendar after pope gregory put in place in 1582.dar was messing up in the year. >> stephen: it was off-- >> by 10 days! and the pope said, "we've got to fix this." >> stephen: the pope fixed it? >> well, pope, jesuit scientists, jesuit priests were the academic order of the catholic-- you're catholic. you should be teaching this, okay? ( laughter ). >> stephen: i'm aware of my religion. >> okay! so there's a vatican observatory to this day that that at the time, before telescopes were invented, these jesuit priests were put into the service of figuring out why the calendar was shifting in the year. >> stephen: am i correct in saying that it was a catholic priest who first proposed the idea of the big bang? >> yes, george lematre, the big bang itself, using einstein's equations. einstein could have done it, but he did enough. >> stephen: he was busy. >> laid down the equations. other people calculated with his equations and he deduced the history of the universe must have start wade bang. >> stephen: okay. going to 2018-- >> so catho