Christmas without holidays

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In Rivne, school holidays are introduced from December 5 to January 5.
It turns out that Christmas according to the Julian calendar, celebrated by about four million Orthodox Christians, falls outside this holiday period.
That is, children return to school just when millions of Ukrainian families are preparing for their main holiday — the birth of Christ.

Involuntarily, one recalls the times when Lenin's government changed the calendar and shifted holidays so that people could not celebrate Christmas and other church days.

At that time, they also talked about a «new way of life», «renewal», «European reforms» — but in reality, they deprived believers of the opportunity to celebrate together.

Today in Ukraine, there are officially holidays for Jewish and Muslim celebrations, and this is fair because every faith deserves respect.

But it would be desirable for Orthodox Christians who adhere to the Julian calendar not to be forgotten either.

After all, faith and tradition — these are not just dates on a calendar, they are part of our identity.

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