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Which Religion celebrates Christmas day on Jan 6?

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Which Religion celebrates Christmas day on Jan 6?

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You mean Jan. 7. Eastern Orthodoxy does. They still use the Julian calender developed by Julius Caesar. They don’t use our Gregorian calender because it developed by a Roman Catholic Pope (even Protestants resisted using that calender at first). In the Julian calender, December 25 falls on our Jan. 7.

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The Armenian Orthodox Church (or “Armenian Apostolic Church”). Not a religion, but rather a Church (part of the Christian religion). 1) “Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual Christian holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ. It is celebrated on December 25 (except in the Armenian Orthodox Church), with the Twelve Days of Christmas ending on January 5, followed by the Feast of the Epiphany the next day. Orthodox Christian churches use different calendar systems, most commonly the Julian Calendar, where until 2100 December 25 will correspond to January 7 in the Gregorian calendar in use by Western churches and most civil authorities.” Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas 2) “The Armenian Apostolic Church (Armenian: Հայաստանեայց Առաքելական Եկեղեցի, Hayastaneayc’ Aṙak’elakan Ekeġec’i) is the world’s oldest National Church and is one of the most ancient Christian communities. Armenia was the first country to adopt Christianity as its official rel

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