| Orthodox Christmas: Happy new year! |
| Orthodox Christians across the former Soviet Union celebrate Christmas tomorrow. In Soviet times, Christmas was all but forgotten and people were induced to focus their cheer and gift-giving on the new year. A quarter-century after the fall of communism, Russians still celebrate new year with exuberance while the observance of Christmas is a learning experience, not an unbroken folk memory, writes our religion correspondent |
Friday, January 6, 2017
Orthodox Christmas: Happy new year!
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