Merry Orthodox Christmas!
Orthodox Christmas
I was drinking my cup of coffee and started to think about the Russian Orthodox Christmas. In Russia this is the actual Christmas. The 6th of January is Christmas Eve and the 7th is Russian Orthodox Christmas…
I get confused by all these holidays this time of the year. I just accept them and be happy that we have so many times to celebrate. By the way, Santa Clause (Ded Moroz), does not deliver presents at this Real Orthodox Christmas…
Oh, by the way, here are the Russian holidays in a table…
| Dec 31 – Jan 8 | New Year holidays. The most popular holiday in Russia. Russians make presents to each other. Celebrate at night from December 31 up to January 1 morning. Attention! New Year holidays will last from December, 31 to January, 8. January, 9 is a working day. (?) |
| January 7 | Russian Orthodox Christmas – Real Christmas |
| January 13 Eve | Russian Old New Year. Its not an official holiday, but most of Russians celebrate it. Fireworks all over again. |
| February 23 | The Motherland Defender’s Day. Former Soviet Army Day. Women make presents to men. Official holidays will last from February, 20 to February, 23. February, 24 is a working day. |
| March 8 | International Women’s Day. Don’t forget to make a present (flowers) to women Attention! In 2011 Official holidays will last March, 6-8. March, 9 is a working day. |
| Easter | Easter (floating date) in 2020 – April 19 in 2021 – May 2 in 2022 – April 24 in 2023 – April 16 in 2024 – May 5 in 2025 – April 20 |
| May 1, 2 | Labor Day |
| May 9 | Victory Day. Russians celebrate Victory in in World War II (1941-1945). |
| June 12 | Russia Day or Independence Day |
| November 4 | Day of People’s Unity |
Have a bunch of nice holidays…
WtR