MOSCOW, Jan 8 Shamans congratulate Christians of different confessions on Christmas, and Muslims — on the holidays of the beginning and end of the fast of the holy month of Ramadan, Shaman Nikolai Kachurov, a full member of the United Council of Shamans of Russia, told RIA Novosti. we congratulate Christians on December 25, and Muslims on the holidays of the beginning and end of fasting. Of course, whoever I know that they adhere to traditions or profess this religion — yes, I congratulate, «he said. 
Patriarch Kirill wished the heads of churches and states a Merry Christmas «The shaman helps a person, specifically a person, and not his beliefs, religion, some attitudes, and so on,» he concluded. On the night of January 6-7, the Serbian, Jerusalem, Polish and Georgian Orthodox churches celebrate also Athos monasteries, Eastern Rite Catholics and some Protestants. On December 25, Christmas is celebrated by churches using the New Julian and Gregorian calendar: in particular, the Lutherans and the Roman Catholic Church. The holiday of breaking the fast Eid al-Fitr (among the Turkic peoples it is called Eid al-Bairam) begins on the first day of the next month of Shawwal in honor of the end of Ramadan. This is one of the main days of the Islamic calendar. On this day, Muslims invite neighbors to visit, visit the graves of loved ones, ask each other for forgiveness, distribute alms.During the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, believers are required to refrain from eating and drinking from dawn to dusk, devote time to prayer and reading the Koran, and do charity … As the sun goes down, Muslims gather for collective fasting and a special prayer.
