Lviv region in Ukraine celebrates Christmas on December 25

30-11-2022

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Lviv region in Ukraine celebrates Christmas on December 25

The Orthodox Church of Ukraine (Kyiv Patriarchate) and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church have decided, together with the Lviv regional authorities, to celebrate Christmas on December 25.

Orthodox Christmas celebration in Ukraine. Photo EPA, Sergey Dolzhenko

Orthodox Church of Ukraine approves Christmas services on December 25th

For this year, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) has allowed its congregations to celebrate Christmas on December 25th.

Ukrainian kids are celebrating Christmas on January 7th. Photo EPA, Sergey Dolzhenko

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Today, the four weeks of Nativity fasting will end as the first star is in the sky. And then tomorrow, January 7th will be Christmas for the Orthodox Churches in the East of Europe. But in Ukraine, a part of the church is pleading for changing to December 25th.

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