When the Homily is about Immunology

Happy New Year!

To all my Orthodox friends out there.
I didn't realize that the January 1st New Year was actually the Roman pagan New Year and that the Early Church maintained the hebrew tradition of a late Summer/Fall New Year. Now, how's that for role reversals, because American protestants often accuse the Orthodox of incorporating pagan practices into their faith - but when do THEY celebrate the New Year? I suppose in the great scheme of things it doesn't matter a whole lot when one celebrates the New Year, but if we Orthodox followed the pagan tradition do you think we'd get grief for it?