Russian Christmas Date 2024. Learn about russian christmas traditions, the history of christmas in russia, and how to say merry christmas in russian. But the russian orthodox church, the largest communion in eastern orthodoxy, has stayed on the old calendar, observing christmas on jan.

But the russian orthodox church, the largest communion in eastern orthodoxy, has stayed on the old calendar, observing christmas on jan. Orthodox christmas day for the year 2024 is celebrated/ observed on sunday, january 7th.