MOSCOW, Jan 6 On Christmas, Patriarch Kirill wished the believers peace in life and an end to civil strife in the territories of historical Russia. what we need in our daily life, so that wars, internecine strife, including on the territory of historical Russia, would stop, so that peace, justice and tranquility would really reign in people's lives and in everyone's life. wife, between brothers and sisters. We have the right to such peace, because the Lord Himself suffered precisely in order to atone for sins and give people the opportunity to enjoy peace, joy, peace and happiness, «he said before the night Christmas liturgy in the Moscow cathedral. Cathedral of Christ the Savior. Channel One, Russia 1 and Spas TV channels, as well as the website of the Russian Orthodox Church are broadcasting live patriarchal services at night. Only it is necessary to become heirs of Christ's great victory over sin through faith, good deeds and prayer, the patriarch added, wishing the believers also health, peace and prosperity in Russia. 
Christmastide begins in Russia One of the 12 main holidays of Christianity — Christmas — is celebrated on January 7 in the Russian Orthodox Church and in some other local Orthodox churches of the world, as well as Eastern Rite Catholics and Protestants adhering to the Julian calendar. It is dedicated to events more than 2,000 years ago. when the pregnant Mother of God and her husband Joseph came to Bethlehem. There were no places in the Bethlehem hotels, so they spent the night in a cave intended for cattle, where Jesus was born. In a cave, lying in a manger (cattle feeder), instead of a cradle, he is depicted on icons and in Christmas nativity scenes. The first to see the newborn were the shepherds, who were informed about the birth of the Savior by an angel. And even earlier, the Magi went to Bethlehem with the gifts of the Magi: they saw in the sky a phenomenon that is now called the Star of Bethlehem. some Protestants who adhere to the Julian calendar. Christians who adhere to the Gregorian and New Julian calendar celebrate it on the night of December 24-25. This is the Roman Catholic Church, some Protestants (Lutherans, Anglicans, part of the Methodists, Baptists and Pentecostals), as well as part of the Orthodox churches: Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Romanian, Bulgarian, Cypriot, Greek, Albanian churches and the Orthodox Church in America. And in the Orthodox churches of the Czech lands and Slovakia, Christmas is celebrated twice — both according to the Julian and New Julian calendars. Will Orthodox Christians and Catholics come to a single calendar?
