WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -January 1: The first day of the civil year in the Gregorian calendar used by most countries. Contrary to common belief in the west, the civil New Year of January 1 is not an Orthodox Christian religious holiday. The Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar makes no provision for the observance of a New Year.

Detailed explanation-2: -Orthodox New Year is annually celebrated on January 14. The Orthodox New Year is widely known as the Old New Year and is marked as January 1 in the Julian calendar, which was used before the Gregorian calendar.

Detailed explanation-3: -The key difference between New Year and Christmas is that New Year’s day celebrates the end of a calendar year and the beginning of a new one, while Christmas is a religious festival celebrated on December 25th to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ.