When Is Orthodox Christmas 2027?

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Orthodox Christmas falls on Thursday, January 7, 2027 — 130 days from now.

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Orthodox Christmas 2027 falls on Thursday, January 7, 2027. Live countdown, dates through 2030, and how the date is determined.

Christmas in Russia (Russian: Рождество Христово, Rozhdestvo Khristovo), called Е́же по пло́ти Рождество Господа Бога и Спа́са нашего Иисуса Христа (Yezhe po ploti Rozhdestvo Gospoda Boga i Spasa nashego Yisusa Khrista) in the Russian Orthodox Church, is a holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ. It is celebrated on 25 December on the Julian calendar, which corresponds to 7 January on the Gregorian calendar (the calendar that is mostly used in Western society). It is considered a high holiday by the church, one of the 12 Great Feasts, and one of only four of which are preceded by a period of fasting. Traditional Russian Christmas festivities start on Christmas Eve, which is celebrated on 6 January [O.S. 24 December]. Churches on the Julian calendar celebrate Christmas on December 25 Julian — January 7 on the civil calendar.

Orthodox Christmas falls on Thursday, January 7, 2027. The countdown above updates live, so you always see exactly how many days, hours, and minutes are left.

Orthodox Christmas dates by year

Year	Date
2027	Thursday, January 7, 2027	in 130 days
2028	Friday, January 7, 2028	in 495 days
2029	Sunday, January 7, 2029	in 861 days
2030	Monday, January 7, 2030	in 1226 days

Why does the date move?

The Christian year mixes two kinds of dates. Fixed feasts like Christmas and Epiphany fall on the same calendar day every year. Movable feasts — Easter and everything anchored to it, from Ash Wednesday to Pentecost — are set by a lunar rule: Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after March 21. Orthodox churches apply the same rule on the older Julian calendar, which is why Orthodox Easter and Christmas usually differ from the Western dates.