The festive services
will be conducted on the night of January 6-7 and in the morning of January 7
in more than 30,000 churches of the Russian Orthodox Church throughout the
world.
MOSCOW, January 6.
/TASS/. On Sunday, January 6, Orthodox believers mark Christmas Eve and prepare
for Christmas, one of the main Christian holidays - Christmas, which is
celebrated on January 7.
Christmas Eve also
marks the end of the 40-day fast.
"On this day the
Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill will lead the Divine Liturgy at the
Christ the Savior’s Cathedral. One hour before midnight the head of the Russian
Orthodox Church is to start the Christmas service, which will be broadcast live
by central TV channels," Alexander Volkov, spokesman for the Patriarch,
told TASS.
As a rule, such
ceremonies are attended by the country’s top officials. Prime Minister Dmitry
Medvedev usually turns out at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. President
Vladimir Putin has another tradition for Christmas: on this day he usually
attends a service in one of the regions of Russia.
The festive services
will be conducted on the night of January 6-7 and in the morning of January 7
in more than 30,000 churches of the Russian Orthodox Church throughout the
world. Georgian, Serbian, Jerusalem and Polish Orthodox churches also celebrate
Christmas on January 6-7.
Source: ITAR-TASS
06-01-2019
