Jan.7.RussianOrthodoxChristmas.
ChristmasDayistocommemoratethebirthofJesusestablished.AccordingtothedoctrineshouldbeintheDec.25celebration,sotheCatholicandProtestant,onDecember25forChristmas.AndtheRussianOrthodoxfaithofthenation,theGregoriancalendaronJanuary7theRussiancalendaronDecember25,Russia'snationalChristmasisonJanuary7.TodeterminethisdayChristmasisnocoincidence,sinceJanuary7,thatis,theRussiancalendaronDecember25wasthewintersolstice(деньзимнегосолнце-стояния),thereforethedayastheChristianChristmas,alsoknownasthemainsectionoftheNativity.
