Christmas In Russian

In Russia Christmas Eve is called Sachyelnik Сочельник.

Christmas In Russian. Russian Orthodox Christmas January 13 Eve Russian Old New Year. Unlike other free unit studies you wont have to buy or search for a bunch of required books. Its not an official holiday but most of Russians celebrate it.

In this free unit your child will learn how Christmas is celebrated in Russia. Exchanging gifts is one of the traditions of celebrating Christmas. Here is the translation and the Russian word for Happy Christmas.

This is because the Russian Orthodox Church adheres to the Julian calendar which is 13 days behind the Gregorian calendar. Preceding the Russian Orthodox Christmas New Years Day is on January 1 and is often considered the more important holiday. Russian Orthodox Christian follows the Julian calendar and Christmas is celebrated on 7th January and not on 25th December.

Traditionally people would either avoid eating altogether or limit their food until the end of the church day at sunset. Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Aberdeen. After sunset people would eat a dish called Sochivo which is made from grains such as wheat rice or lentils sweetened with honey and mixed with seeds.

Christmas in Russia falls on January 7 as the Russian Orthodox Church observes their religious events using the Julian calendar which is 13 days behind from the Gregorian calendar. The date is different because the Russian Orthodox Church uses the old Julian calendar for religious celebration days. Russian Christmas food.