Merry Christmas (Среќен Божиќ) and a Happy New Year (Среќна Нова Година)

[George S.]

Da Hristos se ROdi.Da my pomozit na makedonskiot narod.amen.

[Dejan]

Христос се роди, живот да ни води!

You know you are Macedonian when you celebrate the New Year before Christmas.....and then celebrate New Year again.

Среќни празници до сите Македонци

Sorry for the delayed Christmas cheer. Didn't have much access to a PC over the break. Good luck to all who are spinning the maznik tomorrow.

[Soldier of Macedon]

Среќна Нова Година - Василица! And best of luck to those who found the coin in the мазниче

[George S.]

sreken bozik to all macedonian shirum svetot.You should be proud of who you are.

[Брсјак]

orthodox xmas is on 7th of Jan

[Брсјак]

cause i think it's bit early but if u celebrate xmas today merry xmas and pls accept my apologies if my comment offended u in any way

[George S.]

great just enjoy it the food the festivities etc.Then we got our bozik.soon on the 7th.Jan. Good to see everyone enjoying themselves.

[makedonche]

Merry xmas to all those who are celebrating it!

[lavce pelagonski]

On the 25 its sveti Spiridon the wonderworker so its actually a big day on our calendar.

[Amphipolis]

Greece is with the New Calendar but it seems Russia and Serbia have remained with the old one. I don't know if you literally use the old Calendar (e.g. celebrating the New Year 13 days later) or is it that all religious holidays have a 13-days delay.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Calendarists

[George S.]

i think they do complete with its own yearly count 7657....??Also lists the seasons by their actual names .Eg autumn lostopath etc.tHere are so many other feasts associated.
The greeks have abandoned the celebration in favour of the 25 dec catholic celebration.

[Redsun]

Thank you George, Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas everyone.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas

The celebratory customs associated in various countries with Christmas have a mix of pre-Christian, Christian, and secular themes and origins.[18] Popular modern customs of the holiday include gift giving, completing an Advent calendar or Advent wreath, Christmas music and caroling, an exchange of Christmas cards, church services, a special meal, and the display of various Christmas decorations, including Christmas trees, Christmas lights, nativity scenes, garlands, wreaths, mistletoe, and holly.


I was just wondering what others do at Christmas time.

I'm only familiar with the gift giving, card exchanging and according to Wikipedia a "special meal".

Gift giving seems to be the biggest celebratory custom in Australia.

I wonder when gift giving became popular and what other celebratory customs have been forgotten or replaced throughout time.

[Nikolaj]

Greece is with the New Calendar but it seems Russia and Serbia have remained with the old one. I don't know if you literally use the old Calendar (e.g. celebrating the New Year 13 days later) or is it that all religious holidays have a 13-days delay.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Calendarists

The Julian calender was replaced by the Gregorian calender because it did not properly reflect the actual time it takes the Earth to circle once around the sun. In reality it is not actually a delay but instead an accurate date/time of when these religious holidays were meant to be on, where the Julian calenders 25th is incorrect now. I heard the decision to hold with the Julian calender was for better spacing of public holidays which is something western civilizations who don't care about the event imposed.

So which date does Greece celebrate Christmas? I know Russia celebrates it on the 7th which is based on the new Gregorian calender, what is the newest calender and what day is it celebrated on?

[George S.]

How was hour festive break??

[George S.]

Happy nrw year