Yes, this has to do with the war, and yes, they have the blessing of their local church.
Christmas lights in a train station in Kyiv, Ukraine, were powered using a bicycle amid blackouts, footage posted on December 17, 2022, shows.on Jan. 7, as do the Russians. But not this year, or at least not all of them.
In October, the leadership of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, which is not aligned with the Russian church and one of two branches of Orthodox Christianity in the country, agreed to allow faithful to celebrate on Dec. 25. The Russian Orthodox Church, which claims sovereignty over Orthodoxy in Ukraine, and some other Eastern Orthodox churches continue to use the ancient Julian calendar. Christmas falls 13 days later on that calendar, or Jan. 7, than it does on the Gregorian calendar used by most church and secular groups.
In Bobrytsia, some members of the faith promoted the change within the local church, which recently transitioned to being part of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, with no ties to Russia. When a vote was taken last week, 200 out of 204 people said yes to adopting Dec. 25 as the new day to celebrate Christmas."This is a big step because never in our history have we had the same dates of celebration of Christmas in Ukraine with the whole Christian world.
Anna Nezenko, 65, attended the church in Bobrytsia on every Christmas since the building was inaugurated in 2000, although always on Jan. 7th. She said she did not feel strange doing so Sunday.A view of the Orthodox Christmas mass celebration at the Saint Volodymyr Church in a garden on Christmas Day in Kyiv, Ukraine on December 25, 2022.
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