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Ukrainians move Christmas to December 25 to be ‘far from Moscow’

  • The Orthodox Church of Ukraine formally broke away from the Russian Orthodox Church over Moscow’s annexation of Crimea in 2014
  • Most eastern Christian churches use the Julian calendar, where Christmas falls on January 7, rather than the Gregorian calendar used in everyday life and by Western churches
By AFP ·

Christmas joy and anger for rival Orthodox churches in historic Kyiv monastery

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