This Christmas I was talking with my Ukrainian Grandmother
and asking her about growing up in a Ukrainian household. One thing that she
mentioned was that her family celebrated Christmas late. I looked this up later
and saw that Russian Orthodox people celebrated Christmas on January 7 instead
of December 25. This is because the Russian Orthodox Church uses the older
Julian calendar which is thirteen days behind the newer Gregorian calendar,
which everyone else uses. Apparently the Russian Orthodox Church stuck With the
Julian calendar to protest the Gregorian calendar-using Bolshevik government
who was becoming too involved in church affairs.
Julian calendar
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