Russians usually begin to take down their New Year tree and put decorations and toys back into storage after Orthodox New Year (so January 14 on the Gregorian calendar), according to Russia Beyond ...

100 years ago, the Russian people irrevocably had half a month wiped off their lives: 13 days of February in 1918. Here’s why. As you may have guessed, Russia switching to the Gregorian calendar ...

Russia will mark 100 years since its 1917 October Revolution on Tuesday—which, ... Called the Julian Calendar, it remained in force across much of Eastern Europe, including Russia.

Christmas, like so much else in Ukraine these days, is tightly tangled up in the country’s war with Russia. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church has taken the position that the Julian calendar used in ...

Russia was one of the final nations to adopt the new calendar, doing so in 1918 after the Bolsheviks took over. Ten years prior, however, they were on the Julian calendar and the UK was on the ...

"Nowadays, the Julian calendar is perceived as connected with Russian church culture," it said. Russia launched its full-scale, unprovoked invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.

Certain Eastern Orthodox churches, including those in Russian and other traditions, follow the ancient Julian calendar, which runs 13 days later than the Gregorian calendar, used by Catholic and ...

The majority of the Orthodox churches worldwide use the Julian calendar, created under the reign of Julius Caesar in 45 BC, and have not adopted the Gregorian calendar, proposed by Latin Pope ...

Most eastern Christian churches use the Julian calendar, in which Christmas falls on Jan. 7, rather than the Gregorian calendar used in everyday life and by Western churches.

Russian culture and tradition return to the heart of Houston as the House of Dereon hosts the 39th annual Julian Calendar New Year Celebration on Saturday, Jan. 18. Prepare yourself for the ...

LVIV, Ukraine (RNS) — For centuries, Orthodox Ukrainians saw the traditional Julian calendar as one of the anchors of their church’s identity. Now many are switching to the Gregorian calendar.