Almost all of my colleagues and friends who are from catholic countries do not know that Christmas is on different dates in different churches. Everyone gets quite surprised around this time when we – Armenian coworkers tell them that we celebrate in January.
davitjan1525 on
January is the original Christmas date… that is why its known as the orthodox Christmas… i believe the date was changed because the Roman catholics would slaughter christians for celebrating Christmas. So the Christians changed from Jan 7th to dec 25… the dates between equal 12… 12 days of Christmas.
SincerelyAmongus on
would it be fair to even call it Christmas? Christ’s Mass day for Armenians is purely about celebrating Christ’s birth. Christmas in EU and US center around santa claus.
Q0o6 on
Can we bring back giving presents and dzmer papi coming on the Christmas’s eve which is 5th of January?? I feel like new year is too mainstream and a remnant from the soviet era in Armenia and christmas is just left behind, which is the whole purpose of the season.
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Almost all of my colleagues and friends who are from catholic countries do not know that Christmas is on different dates in different churches. Everyone gets quite surprised around this time when we – Armenian coworkers tell them that we celebrate in January.
January is the original Christmas date… that is why its known as the orthodox Christmas… i believe the date was changed because the Roman catholics would slaughter christians for celebrating Christmas. So the Christians changed from Jan 7th to dec 25… the dates between equal 12… 12 days of Christmas.
would it be fair to even call it Christmas? Christ’s Mass day for Armenians is purely about celebrating Christ’s birth. Christmas in EU and US center around santa claus.
Can we bring back giving presents and dzmer papi coming on the Christmas’s eve which is 5th of January?? I feel like new year is too mainstream and a remnant from the soviet era in Armenia and christmas is just left behind, which is the whole purpose of the season.