Russia Experience » Christmas in Russia http://www.trans-siberian.co.uk Trans-Siberian Railway Fri, 04 Sep 2015 15:10:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.3 Счастлйвого Рождества (Merry Christmas!) – The legends behind Russian Christmas traditions http://www.trans-siberian.co.uk/blog/christmas-in-russia/ http://www.trans-siberian.co.uk/blog/christmas-in-russia/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:00:41 +0000 http://www.trans-siberian.co.uk/blog/?p=1562 The folk legends behind the celebration of Christmas (Svyatki) in Russia, which is actually celebrated on 7 January, as the Orthodox Church uses the old Julian calendar....

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