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While the majority of the Christian world celebrate Christmas Day on 25 December, for many of the world's 200 million Orthodox Christians, the birth of Jesus Christ is marked on 7 January.
However, again like other Oriental Orthodox, [32] the Armenian Apostolic Church argues that the identification as "monophysitism" is an incorrect description of its position. [33] It considers Monophysitism, as taught by Eutyches and condemned at Chalcedon, a heresy and disagrees with the formula defined by the Council of Chalcedon. [33]
Orthodox Christians packed churches Saturday night for Christmas Eve services, a holiday overshadowed for many believers by conflict. Traditions vary, but typically the main worship service for ...
Christmas in the Armenian tradition is a purely religious affair. Santa Claus does not visit the nice Armenian children on Christmas, but rather on New Year's Eve. The idea of Santa Claus existed before the Soviet Union and he was named kaghand papik (Կաղանդ Պապիկ), but the Soviet Union had a great impact even on Santa Claus.
The newer Orthodox Church of Ukraine, which received recognition from the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople in 2019, observed Christmas on Dec. 25. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church — which ...
Christmas is an annual festival ... that the persecution ended and Orthodox Christmas became a state holiday ... Armenian custom of celebrating the birth of Christ on ...
Uniquely, the Armenian Apostolic Church celebrates Nativity on January 6. Their Fast of Advent begins after seventh Sunday before Christmas. [10] They then observe a Fast of the Nativity for one week prior to the Feast of the Nativity on January 6 (see Armenian Calendar of Saints).
Priests chant and dance during the celebrations of Genna, the Ethiopian Orthodox Christmas, at Bete Mariam Church in Lalibela on Jan. 8, 2024. Michele Spatari—AFP/Getty Images.