Christmas Date

Date of Christmas:

1.)    December 25th:  

-          Western Christian Churches (Roman Catholic Church, Protestant Churches)

-          Some Eastern Churches (Bulgaria, Greece,  Romania, Constantinople, Antioch, Alexandria, Albania, Cyprus, Finland and the Orthodox Church in America)

2.)    January 6th:  

-          Armenian Apostolic Church

-          Armenian Catholic Church

3.)    January 7th:

-          Some Eastern Churches (Russia, Georgia, Ukraine, Macedonia , Belarus, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia and Jerusalem)

-          Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church

-          Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria

4.)    January 19th:

-          Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem

^ It depends on when a country or religion switched from the Julian Calendar to the Gregorian Calendar. The Julian Calendar was created by Julius Caesar and came into force on January 1, 45 BC. The Gregorian Calendar was created by Pope Gregory XIII and came into force in October 1582. Catholic countries  (ie. Spain and it’s Empire in 1582) changed to the Gregorian Calendar shortly after it was created by the Roman Catholic Church. Protestant countries (ie. the UK and it’s Empire in 1752) changed to the Gregorian Calendar in the 1700s. Eastern Orthodox Countries (ie. Russia in 1918) changed to the Gregorian Calendar in the 20th Century. ^