7th of January the day that orthodox churches churches celebrate with Christmas not 25th of December ,there is a difference of 13 days between the modern Gregorian calendar and the older Julian calendar. Those who continue to use the Julian calendar or its equivalents thus celebrate December 25 and January 6 on what for the majority of the world is January 7 and January 19. For this reason, Coptic Egyptian church, Ethiopia, Russia, Ukraine, Serbia, the Republic of Macedonia, and the Republic of Moldova celebrate Christmas on what in the Gregorian calendar is January 7 , its not big deal just the calendar matters , i belong to Coptic church that in egypt we are about 15 % of egypt population are Christians celebrate with that day as our Christmas day as in east of Europe and other orthodox Christians....
merry Christmas 2012 for all i hope it be full off joy and happiness to all
Amen :)
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