Well, the rest of Christendom celebrates it on the 25th, so he’s recognizing that fact as an emphasis to show Russia is an outlier when it comes to principal tenets of Christianity.
The Russian Orthodox Church uses the abandoned Julian calendar. January 7th on the Julian calendar corresponds to December 25th on the Gregorian calendar which we all use.
“ he’s recognizing that fact as an emphasis to show Russia is an outlier when it comes to principal tenets of Christianity.”
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Sorry… then THIS Non-Christian is DECREEING THAT ALL (e.g., Greek, Ukrainian) OF ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY is an outlier. How friggin’ presumptuous!
Old Calendar Orthodox churches, and there are many in the US, Romania, Bulgaria, and Cypress.
the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem,
the Russian Orthodox Church,
the Serbian Orthodox Church,
the Georgian Orthodox Church.
Mount Athos subordinate to the Patriarchate of Constantinople also follows the Julian Calendar.”
L.o.L
Like there are not tens of millions of orthodox Christians in the US and many other countries.
Zelensky shares some traits with Herod, another short man of dubious Jewish ancestry, a puppet put in place to rule by an empire power, and who defined tenets of faithful observance by decree
Actually, many if not most Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas on January 7, in many different countries. It’s not so much a Russian thing as an Orthodox thing.
During Soviet times, they had no official Christmas, but replaced Christmas with New Year (when Grandfather Frost left gifts for the children). Stinkin’ atheist commies. But it kinda reminds one of how we turned St. Nicholas into a pagan elf Santa Claus. Hmm.
78% of Ukraine is Orthodox.