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Orthodox Christmas
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Russian Christmas is celebrated on the 7th of January after the New Year's Day. The difference in the dates of celebrating Orthodox Christmas and Catholic Christmas is that Russian Orthodox church is still using Julian calendar, even if Gregorian calendar was introduce in Russia in 1918. So the day difference between those two calendars is 13 days. (So that means that December 25 means January 7 in Julian calendar). The holiday is connected with the birth of Jesus Christ as it is described in the Holly Bible. On that day, some 2000 years ago, Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem. When Jesus was born, wise men came to worship him. They gave the Child presents of gold, frankincense and myrrh. Today people give their friends and relatives Christmas presents. One may say that this holiday is a continuation of New Year's Day, but at Christmas Russians feel more religious.
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