when it will move to January 8 as the calendar continues to drift. Today, Orthodox traditions differ depending on location, church branch, and local custom. But for many, Christmas is focused on ...

Each church will have the option to celebrate on December 25, which marks the birth of Jesus according to the Gregorian calendar, rather than January 7, which marks the birth of Jesus according to ...

Christmas is still in full-swing for the 12% of Christians globally who are Orthodox and celebrate the holiday during the first week of January ... calendar after they broke from the Catholic church.

Moving from January to December doesn’t alter the ... The church there does not use the Julian calendar; the church in Georgia, however, does. When we learn of a mistake, we acknowledge it ...

Reverend Fr. Volodymyr Steliac told WTOP that his parish has voted to observe the Gregorian calendar and move Christmas from Jan. 7 to to Dec. 25. “The Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Ukraine ...

Traditionally, Ukrainian Christians, most of whom are Orthodox, celebrate Christmas on January 7 ... the Julian calendar is perceived as connected with Russian church culture," it said.