In 2023, this will be the second Christmas at war for Ukrainians. But the first is celebrated on December 25, according to the Gregorian calendar. In July, President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law changing the dates of several national celebrations, including Christmas. Ukraine, where most of the population is Orthodox Christian, had the Julian calendar as a reference. This specificity was explained by the supervision exercised by Russia over the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, now independent of Moscow.
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