Old New Year 2018

1.

OLD NEW YEAR
2018
Старый Новый год

2.

When it is celebrated?
The Old New Year or the Orthodox
New Year is an informal traditional
holiday, celebrated as the start of the
New Year by the Julian calendar. In
the 20th and 21st centuries, the Old
New Year falls on January 14 in the
Gregorian calendar. The same day is
celebrated in India as the sun ends its
southward journey and starts moving
northward: Makar Sankranti.

3.

Although the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic officially adopted the
Gregorian calendar in 1918, the Russian Orthodox Church continued to use the
Julian calendar. The New Year became a holiday which is celebrated by both
calendars.
As in most countries which use the
Gregorian calendar, New Year's Day
in Russia is a public holiday
celebrated on January 1. On that day,
joyous entertainment, fireworks,
elaborate and often large meals and
other festivities are common. The
holiday is interesting as it combines
secular traditions of bringing in the
New Year with the Christian
Orthodox Christmastide customs,
such as kolyada.

4.

The New Year by the
Julian calendar is still
informally observed, and
the tradition of celebrating
the coming of the New
Year twice is widely
enjoyed: January 1 (New
New Year) and January
14 (Old New Year).

5.

Usually not as festive as the
New New Year, for many this is
a nostalgic family holiday
ending the New Year holiday
cycle (which includes Eastern
Orthodox Christmas on January
7) with traditional large meals,
singing and celebratory
drinking.