Well, I completely agree with the picture you posted. That could be me in my back yard paradise...minus the elephant, and the spotted thing, and the 6-pack abs :-) So, why does the Liturgical Church Year year begin on September 1? On what calendar is that based?

That is an Icon of Adam in the Garden of Eden before he made certain errors in judgment.  The calendar is based on the Julian calendar and September 1 used to be the New Year.  The Liturgical Calendar revolves around the celebration of the 12 great Feast of Christ such as Christmas, The Epiphany, The Transfiguration on Mt. Tabor and of course Pascha (Easter). 

The Julian Calendar...of course! I should have known that. Well, I'm going to enjoy the last day of Sextilis (post 45 BC) in the way originally intended, as seen in the picture above, regardless of Adams "errors in judgment."

Your traditions interest me, Way.

That's a nice looking Adam, by the way.

Thanks Apollo anytime you want to study up on Orthodox Traditions just follow the links on my profile. 

"We know that the creation participated in the fall of Adam from the original beauty; as a result, it groans and travails in pain together. Moreover, we know that the abuse, deviation, violation and arrogance of humanity contribute to the destruction of the travailing nature, which is subjected to the corruption of creation. Finally, we also know that this destruction actually comprises self-destruction. Therefore, we invite all of you, irrespective of position and profession, to remain faithful to a natural use of all God’s creation, “offering thanks to the God, who created the world and granted everything to us."

That is a very interesting statement. Confusing, but interesting. As an atheist, if I take out all references to God, it still remains a very valid and important message. Religious issues aside, we all need to be discussing this topic.

Here is more of why the Liturgical year starts on September 1:

1. The Beginning of the Church Year, or the Beginning of the Indiction

The First Ecumenical Council [Nicaea, 325] decreed that the Church year should begin on September 1. The month of September was, for the Hebrews, the beginning of the civil year (Exodus 23:16), the month of gathering the harvest and of the offering of thanks to God. It was on this feast that the Lord Jesus entered the synagogue in Nazareth (Luke 4:16-21), opened the book of the Prophet Isaiah and read the words: The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me; because the Lord hath anointed Me to preach good tidings unto the meek; He hath sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn (Isaiah 61:1-2). The month of September is also important in the history of Christianity, because Emperor Constantine the Great was victorious over Maxentius, the enemy of the Christian Faith, in September. Following this victory, Constantine granted freedom of confession to the Christian Faith throughout the Roman Empire. For a long time, the civil year in the Christian world followed the Church year, with its beginning on September 1. The civil year was later changed, and its beginning transferred to January 1. This occurred first in Western Europe, and later in Russia, under Peter the Great.