RT: More than 30,000 churches and cathedrals across Russia have held religious services as Russia celebrates Orthodox Christmas. In Moscow alone, around 90,000 people have attended liturgies.
The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Kirill, has delivered the Christmas Liturgy in the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, where about 5,000 believers attended the liturgy and associated celebratory services. The ceremony has been broadcast live by Russia’s major TV channels.
The Russian Orthodox Church follows the Julian calendar, with Christmas falling on January 7. The Julian calendar was introduced by Julius Caesar in 45 B.C. It was later superseded by Gregorian calendar, adopted in 1582.
Christmas is also celebrated on January 7 by the Ukrainian, Georgian, Serbian and some other churches. Around 200 million people follow the Eastern tradition of worship.
In one of the oldest Christian countries, Georgian worshippers began the holy day with midnight mass.
Categories: CHRISTIANITY, Europe, Russia
Which one is the real Christmas? It does not matter, I think all Christians know that the correct date is not known…