Today Is Christmas In Egypt!
The Coptic Orthodox Church still uses the Julian calendar to mark Christmas.
January 7, 2003
By Egyptian presidential decree, Christmas was celebrated for the first time as a national holiday on this date. January 7, is the traditional date of Christmas for the Coptic Orthodox calendar (the Julian calendar), and the date Christmas is celebrated in Russia and Ethiopia.
Although only fifteen percent of the Egyptian population is Chr…
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