Russian Orthodox Christmas 2024. But the russian orthodox church, the largest communion in eastern orthodoxy, has stayed on the old calendar, observing christmas on jan. There are a lot of amazing traditions and rules that are directly related to the russian christmas called svyatki.
Did you know that russian christmas is on january the 7th, because the russian orthodox church follows the old julian calendar? Russian orthodox believers attend a christmas service at the church of the holy martyrs florus and laurus on zatsep in moscow, russia.