Patriarch Kirill (born Vladimir Gundyayev) has been a close ally of Russian ... Orthodox Christians in Russia celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7 in accordance with the Julian calendar. In 2023, Ukraine ...

He dismissed the debate over which calendar Orthodox Ukrainians should follow ... “But he remains a patriarch.” Russian Church's Holy Synod in Moscow on March 16, 2023. Russia's Orthodox leader and ...

For a long time, the Christian world followed the calendar adopted ... historically, the Russian Orthodox Church has dominated the religious lives of Ukrainians. However, in 2023, for the first ...

Snowmaiden – are permitted in the celebration of Christmas – which is set as Jan. 7 by the Russian Orthodox Church. The Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) ...