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    Russian Christmas is celebrated on the 7th of January, according to the Julian calendar. It was forbidden during the Soviet era, but nowadays many Russians celebrate it with a meal and gifts for their loved ones.
    Just like other Eastern Orthodox countries, Russia celebrates Christmas on the 7th of January. Being suppressed by the communist government for a long period, Christmas, just like other religious festivals, did not have any special importance in Russia for years. Christmas was in fact replaced by the "Festival of Winter" in those times.
     
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    In Russia, the Christmas holiday became the official celebration with the baptism of Rus' ordered by Prince Vladimir in the late 10th century. However, given the early Christian community of Kievan Rus', the celebration may have a longer history. In the 19th century, a lavishly decorated … See more

    Christmas in Russia (Russian: Рождество Христово, Rozhdestvo Khristovo), called Е́же по пло́ти Рождество Господа Бога и Спа́са нашего Иисуса Христа (Yezhe po ploti Rozhdestvo Gospoda Boga i Spasa nashego Yisusa … See more

    On Christmas Eve (6 January), there are several long church services, including the Royal Hours and Vespers combined with the See more

    In 1999, the atheist MV Agbunov requested that the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation test the constitutionality of decrees on the recognition of 7 … See more

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    Principal dishes on the Christmas table in old Russia included roasted pig, stuffed pig's head, roasted meat chunks, jelly (kholodets), and aspic. Christmas dinner also included many … See more

     
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