Post Abkwh3LGelepUd0jvE by skolima@hachyderm.io
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 (DIR) Post #Abkwgzs5YnXCjGKtWa by flameeyes@mastodon.social
       2023-11-12T17:32:12Z
       
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       @mgorny Lithuanian takes it to the max, and just does First for Monday to Seventh on Sunday.
       
 (DIR) Post #Abkwh0Wr7E90lhPS4G by skolima@hachyderm.io
       2023-11-12T17:57:24Z
       
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       @flameeyes @mgorny That reminds me: how the hell did US come up with the idea of starting the week on Sunday?
       
 (DIR) Post #Abkwh1VTTqdLnhlrYO by tim1724@mastodon.social
       2023-11-12T18:45:46Z
       
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       @skolima @flameeyes @mgorny it’s a very old thing. Originally the Christian sabbath day was on Saturday, as you can still see in several languages’ names for the day (e.g., French “samedi” is an abbreviated form of the Latin “sabbati dies”) and the sabbath was always connected to the seventh day in Genesis.Later Christians moved the sabbath to Sunday to align with Easter. It took longer for the start/end of the week to shift and happened at different times in different countries.
       
 (DIR) Post #Abkwh2Tjrmq6obxzUG by skolima@hachyderm.io
       2023-11-12T19:34:14Z
       
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       @tim1724 @flameeyes @mgorny That's actually goes against having the week starting on Sunday 😅 I'm aware of multiple bible quotes with the week ending on "day of rest/Sabbath/etc".  And also by the time of Constantine I (in year 321) Sunday was designated day of rest and holiday. In 363 early Christian synod again prohibited celebrating Sabbath in favour of Sunday. It's also codified in all Slavic languages, pointing to it being the norm by the time they were christened.
       
 (DIR) Post #Abkwh3LGelepUd0jvE by skolima@hachyderm.io
       2023-11-12T19:37:58Z
       
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       @tim1724 @flameeyes @mgorny So if already from the 4th century there's solid evidence of Sunday being the day of worship and in countries joining the christianiom afterwards (some in 6th century, some in 10th, some later) the standard of starting the week on Monday was so strong it's part of the language. So what happened with US?
       
 (DIR) Post #Abkwh6XmkgS9QJtHLk by skolima@hachyderm.io
       2023-11-12T19:39:41Z
       
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       @tim1724 @flameeyes @mgorny It's even named the bloody week-end in English!
       
 (DIR) Post #Abkwh9Q63j5MLLJgHY by skolima@hachyderm.io
       2023-11-12T19:53:05Z
       
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       @tim1724 @flameeyes @mgorny I'm finding a lot of American articles with no references to sources that explain that obviously Sunday is the beginning of the week - but nothing that would quote sources. Contrary, multiple protestant groups like Puritans, Quakers, and Baptists regarded the week to start on Sabbath as part of their direct opposition to the Catholic Church. Those formed a major part of initial American settlers, could that explain why it changed.