Old New Year 2018

1. Old New Year 2018

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.