Ukraine Celebrates Christmas on 25th,
Rather Than Orthodox Jan 7th, For First
Time to Signal Westernisation
Breitbart Europe,
by
Oliver JJ Lane
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Posted By: Imright,
12/25/2023 12:12:04 PM
Like many nations worldwide Ukraine has traditionally marked Christmas on January 7th according to the Julian calendar, but is celebrating on December 25th for the first time this year, a report notes.
Ukraine is signaling its difference from Russia in a new way, by departing from the Orthodox tradition of observing the Julian calendar and Christmas on January 7th and celebrating the ancient holiday according to the Gregorian calendar on December 25th instead. As a report on the change by British state broadcaster the BBC notes, the change was made in law by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky back in the summer.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Quigley 12/25/2023 12:17:30 PM (No. 1623987)
Now can we have another $100 billion? Aw, cmon man! US politicians get 25% of it back, so it stays in the US economy. Cmon man! Gimme a break…
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
DVC 12/25/2023 12:40:11 PM (No. 1623999)
Interesting. All my Ukrainian and Russian friends always had wished me Merry Christmas in January, and I understood why. Many in Kiev were Roman Catholic and a large Catholic church was within easy walking distance from our normal hotel, near their Freedom Square (Maidan). We usually went there on Sundays and it was invariably standing room only, a heartening sign in a formerly soviet communist country.
One literally old friend, an 80+ engineer from Kharkiv, Ukraine had sent me his usual Christmas greetings in January of 2022, and we exchanged a few emails in the next day or two, as usual. He ran an advanced superhard coatings research lab and worked on making a diamond layer on ceramic substrates for a possible microelectronics cooling application for one of my projects.
I sent an email to Vladimir after the Russians attacked about two months later, and even after repeated attempts, I have never heard from him again. Much of Kharkiv was flattened by Russian bombs, missiles and artillery, and I have to assume that my elderly friend must have been killed. Other female former colleagues made it to Poland, or Germany while the males are in the military or doing what they can, many are well past fighting age so can't join the army.
Best wishes to all everywhere who are enduring the attacks in various wars around the globe at this Christmas season.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Birddog 12/25/2023 12:47:31 PM (No. 1624006)
Among those nations with Orthodox roots who observe the January 7th date, rather than Dec 25th, are Belarus, Egypt, Ethiopia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, and Russia.
In my childhood we had presents on the 12th night...not because of any religion, but frugality, with three young boys and tight income, buying at the after christmas sales prices allowed many more gifts.
Though on Christmas eve Santa himself would show up and personally hand us each a new pair of Pajamas(he wore polka dot underwear, I know this because one year our dog nipped his butt and tore his suit), many decades later I actually drove the son of that same Santa on his rounds of pajama deliveries...he returned from each house with a gifted bottle of liquor.Turns out it was our families friend and Insurance agent all along, it was his "servicing after the sale" tradition...his son, my friend, took over when we were both in our late 20's.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Newtsche 12/25/2023 1:07:47 PM (No. 1624018)
PR stunt, cynical and insulting.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
earlybird 12/25/2023 4:10:01 PM (No. 1624068)
A religious holiday should be up to the people, not the government.
Another bad Zelensky move. Naked pandering attempt. $$$$$$$$$
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Strike3 12/25/2023 4:30:01 PM (No. 1624079)
Zelenskyy is more obvious than Joe Biden in his words and deeds. Birds of a feather well trained on using the back-scratcher.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
LadyHen 12/25/2023 6:41:06 PM (No. 1624120)
Most Orthodox in the US celebrate the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus on December 25th. We do so because this our nation which we love with our national traditions and most here celebrate on the 25th and you know what, that's cool in my book. No government decrees or mandates, just celebrating all together, the Catholic and Protestant Christians and us Orthodox all celebrating this most beautiful of days when The Word was made Flesh and dwelt among us (isn't that just awe inspiring.)
In Russia they adhere to the older calendar for all the Holy Feasts of The Church and for our Feast of Feasts, Great and Glorious Pascha we Orthodox in the US still follow the old calendar (aka on the calendar Greek Easter, which if you have never experienced in an English speaking congregation, you really should do it regardless of your faith. It is incredibly beautiful.) But again, no government decrees, it is just the way it is.
I don't like the government meddling in my religion but I do like men of good faith being in the government. And thus I miss President Trump more everyday.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
NotaBene 12/26/2023 11:03:17 AM (No. 1624395)
Persecuting Orthodox Christians will be the end of Zelenskyy. By association it will give his owners, US, a bad name.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
TexaTucky 12/26/2023 11:13:22 AM (No. 1624401)
If Ukraine really wanted to signal its difference from Russia in a new way, it would stop using its citizens for fodder.
But a Slav is a Slav. The very word is the root of our own word 'slave', and it marks their legacy of having been an ancient enslaved people. They can't seem to quit their masochistic longing for the despotic archetype who maintains control through an iron fist and the letting of his own people's blood.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Zigrid 12/26/2023 11:26:27 AM (No. 1624413)
Good idea...but...I think it has more to do with trying to appease the West hoping for more funding from America...than any religious decision....everything about the Ukrainian decisions has to do with the oligarchs scrambling for more money...with 10% for the big guy....
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Trapper 12/26/2023 11:48:31 AM (No. 1624425)
At least they celebrate Christmas.
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