Russian Christmas
Everybody knows, that Russians celebrate Christmas on the 7th of January, whereas the whole world have Christmas earlier. Yet the truth is that Russian Christmas is on the 25 of December! It is strange enough, but we have two different calendars! One is regular, and the special church calendar. We call it "the old style". All church feasts are celebrated according to the old church calendar. And the date of Christmas is the 25th of December by the old style and the 7th of January by the regular calendar. We also have "the Old New Year" on the 14th of January. It's fun!
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Russian Christmas
Everybody knows that Russians celebrate Christmas on the 7th of January, whereas the whole rest of the world have has Christmas earlier. Yet the truth is that Russian Christmas is on the 25 of December! It is strange enough, but we have two different calendars! One is regular, and the other is a special church calendar. We call it "the old style". All cerch church feasts are celebrated according to the old church calendar. And the date of Christmas is the 25th of December by the old style and the 7th of January by the regular calendar. We also have "the Old New Year" on the 14th of January. It's fun!Note: I made a guess that cerch was supposed to be church.
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The former Soviet Union adopted the Gregorian calendar on February 14th in 1918 (February 1st - the old style). It means today is the 100th anniversary of the new style in Russia. Cheer up!
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