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Jan 6, 2023 · For much of the Western world, Christmas is celebrated on December 25, according to the Gregorian calendar. Yet in a distinction that dates back centuries, Orthodox Christians follow the...
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Jan 6, 2023 · Orthodox Christmas is typically celebrated on either Jan. 6 or 7. Conflicting Christmas dates trace back centuries, though Pope Gregory XIII sought to solidify a date for the holiday in...
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Jan 7, 2022 · But for millions of people around the world, 7 January is Christmas Day. Orthodox communities in Europe, Africa and the Middle East - which make up more than 12% of all Christians - celebrate the...
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Many Orthodox Christians annually celebrate Christmas Day on or near January 7 to remember Jesus Christ’s birth, described in the Christian Bible. This date works to the Julian calendar that pre-dates the Gregorian calendar, which is commonly observed.
Jan 6, 2024 · Some Eastern Orthodox churches will be observing Christmas on Sunday. Russian, Serbian and Georgian Orthodox are among those following the ancient Julian calendar, which runs 13 days later than the revised Gregorian calendar used by Catholics and Protestants.
Christmas in Russia (Russian: Рождество Христово, Rozhdestvo Khristovo), called Е́же по пло́ти Рождество Господа Бога и Спа́са нашего Иисуса Христа (Yezhe po ploti Rozhdestvo Gospoda Boga i Spasa nashego Yisusa Khrista) in the Russian Orthodox Church, is a holiday ...
Dec 30, 2022 · Orthodox Christmas is celebrated by approximately 260 million people worldwide, both in majority-Orthodox countries in Eastern Europe, like Russia and Greece, and in communities in...
