When Is Russian Orthodox Christmas 2024. The ukrainian orthodox church — which claims independence but has historic ties to moscow and faces an effective ban in pending legislation — is observing christmas on jan. During his nightly address thursday, ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky said russia aimed to use orthodox christmas “as a cover” to resupply its forces and stop ukrainian.

7 on the new calendar, as have. 7, while others follow the same date as western churches.