Eastern Orthodox Church in America: CPD Guide to Religions in the United States Documentary

[bwmnstar7]

I'd like to talk to an educated individual about Eastern Orthodoxy through instant message. I have many questions to ask. Who's gonna step up to the plate :)?

[vasilyjc1955]

@bwmnstar7 There exist many excellent videos on youtube and many websites about Orthodoxy, but I will step up to the plate and answer your questions.

[richandpowerfulone]

My family celebrate Christmas on January 7th for over 100 years and yet this documentry mentioned December 25th. Not to worry, a TRUE orthodox christian celebrate the birth of Christ on January 7th. It's like they say, can't believe what you read.

[ultraV1r]

@richandpowerfulone your family celebrates chistmas the 25 of december but according to another calendar

[Antimanele104]

@richandpowerfulone there are two types of calendares:the Julian calendar,and the Gregorian calendar.The first one is decaled with 13 days by the second one.The Gregorian calendar is used in the following major Orthodox countries:Romania(from which I am),Bulgaria and Greece.I don't have an idea about Armenia,but I think they use the Julian,since they are more close to Russia.

[nikolaib]

@richandpowerfulone It's still Dec 25, it's simply by Julian reckoning, which falls on Jan 7 on the civil calendar. Don't worry, eventually you'll be celebrating it on Jan 8 on the civil calendar.

[milicavanilica11]

Eastern Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7, NOT on Dec. 25. This was deliberately stated incorrectly to further the cause of the OCA and Greek Orthodox Church both of whom gave in to Roman Catholic "requests" to change the date! The Serbian and Russian priests who participated in this should be ashamed that they were duped into helping create a piece that promotes misinformation about the Eastern Orthodox religion.

[nikolaib]

@milicavanilica11 Don't worry, eventually the Julian Dec 25th will fall on Jan 8, but maybe you can still celebrate it on the 7th, since that's the "real" day.

[coisalinda09]

In Chicago there are also a lot of Ukrainians--some Catholic some Orthodox, however, traditions are pretty much the same and the services are alike. Churches are in the Byzantine (Greek) style and the Orthodox crosss has the 3 bars, much like the Russian since the Russians did get their Christianity from Kievan-Rus' Prince Volodimir. Kievan-Rus was the name for ancient empire of Ukraine. Further info can be obtained from Wikipedia, etc...

[Khalid88Nasser]

Hey =) I have been looking for a documentary about Russian Orthodox, if you have any please tell me

Peace

[milospesic92]

Most orthodox Churches use the old Julian calender, which places 25th of December in time of 7th January in the new calendar currently used world wide.

[TheSaiyanKing]

@milospesic92 not most, it's about 50/50

[milospesic92]

Good Job Chicago PD!

[LLyricaLL]

I love it!