Russian Orthodox Church Christmas Day 2025. It follows the julian calendar used by the russian. According to the julian calendar (used prior to gregorian calendar) the day falls.

Orthodox christmas day in russia since the russian orthodox church follows the old calendar, all russian celebrate christmas on january 7th. A large majority of russia’s 140 million people identify as members of the russian orthodox church, which calculates the date of christmas based on the julian calendar instead of the gregorian calendar used in the west.