The Old New Year remains one of the most unusual holidays in the Russian calendar: it appeared as a result of the country's transition from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar and has been preserved ...

Nearly two weeks after celebrating New Year, many Serbians did it again on Tuesday evening, this time according to old Orthodox Christian tradition.

On the night of January 14, 2026, millions of Russians will celebrate the old New Year, a holiday that has been preserved since the transition to the Gregorian calendar. Despite the lack of an ...

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