Does Russia celebrate Christmas?

Christmas in the Russian Orthodox Church.

Orthodox Christmas is 65438+10.7, but the celebration started the night before. On the night of 6th, at the Cathedral of the Savior, the largest cathedral in Moscow, kirill, Bishop of Moscow and all-Russian Orthodox Church, led about 6,000 believers to welcome Christmas. Prayer started around 10 in the afternoon, lasted for several hours, and ended in the early morning of the 7th.

Russian Orthodox Christians generally celebrate Christmas from the evening of June 6 to the early morning of July 7, 65438 according to julian calendar law. According to the Orthodox Church, Christmas fasting is before Christmas. During the 40-day fast, devout believers only eat soaked and cooked millet, rice, beans and vegetables.

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Other festivals in Russia

1, Russian Meat Festival

Meat Festival, also known as Winter Festival and Pancake Week, is a traditional Russian festival handed down during the period of Russian polytheism. Later, because the Russian people began to believe in the Orthodox Church, this festival was associated with the carnival before the Christian Lent. At present, the Eastern Orthodox Church (a branch of Christianity) starts the meat festival in the eighth week before Easter every year. For example, the meat festival in 2009 lasted from February 23rd to March 1.

2. Russian New Year

Like China, Russian has an ancient folk calendar besides Gregorian calendar. According to the Orthodox calendar, Christmas and New Year are two weeks later than European festivals. In other words, 65438+10.7 is Christmas in Russia; 65438+1October 14 is the Russian new year.

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