Why do orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas on the 7th January?

Answer 1

Trick question.

Jews do not celebrate Christmas.

Jews celebrate Hanukkah.

Jews celebrate Hanukkah for eight nights and days, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which may occur at any time from late November to late December.

Answer 2

Hanukkah starts on the Hebrew calendar date of 25 Kislev, and lasts for eight days. The Hebrew calendar does not line up with the western calendar because it has a completely different leap year system that can shift holidays each year by to 11-28 days.

Here are the coinciding secular dates for the upcoming years:

2011: December 20-28

2012: December 8-16

2013: November 27-December 5

2014: December 16-24

2015: December 6-14

This is when the first Hanukkah fell, in the year 165 BCE.

Channukah can start anywhere from the end of November to the end of December. The reason for this is that the month of the Jewish calendar that the holiday is held syncs up to the Gregorian calendar at that time.

Answer 3

The best explanation owes to the fact the Russians used the Julian ( named after Julius Caesar) instead of the more modern Gregorian calendar - and this colored their religious calendar as well. It has always been January 7 . It is arguable the Death of the Empress Elizabeth ( of Russia) in l762 on Christmas Day ( Western Style- l2.25) might have had some import- Horrible thought for Christmas gift- the Czarina has just died!- but this permitted the accession of Catherine II. Maybe the Elizabeth death anniversary has some import here.

Answer 4

It's not considered Christmas...the 6th of January is the day the 3 wise men gave Jesus their gifts. So alot of people give gifts on that date.