Overview
Christmas on two dates: who interfered with the holiday calendar in Ukraine and why
Julius Caesar, pagan gods, papal reform, Soviet policy – all of this determined when we celebrate Christmas. We'll tell you how the calendar became an instrument of faith, power, and ideology.
In 1917, Orthodox Christians in the Russian Empire celebrated Christmas on December 25. This may seem strange, as for hundreds of years Orthodox Christians had been accustomed to a different date — January 7. This date only became a public holiday in the calendar the following year, in 1918. To solve this calendar puzzle, one must delve into history — to the times when there was no "our era" yet.
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