Despite the difference in calendars that means Russians celebrate Christmas on 7 January, since Soviet times on New Year's Eve the population marks the arrival of Ded Moroz, or ...

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Millions of people worldwide celebrated Orthodox Christmas nearly two weeks after much of the world marked the holiday.