KYIV - The Security Services of Ukraine (SBU) released a controversial video on social media Christmas morning which shows officers with automatic rifles breaking down the door of an apartment. Over the video, the authors placed the caption: “Who comes knocking to ‘carol’ for those who celebrate Christmas on January 7.” The SBU did not clarify whether this video constitutes a real threat toward Orthodox believers who adhere to the Julian calendar, but the video comes at a time of increasing scru

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From metal to Italian classics 🎵 Today, in Christian Orthodox countries, it was the last major feast of the Christmas season. And yet, in a small village in the far north of Romania, close to the Ukrainian border — where my grandma on my mother’s side comes from — Christmas is just beginning. A place that feels like the end of the world, home to Russian-Lipovan people, still following the old Julian calendar. Different calendars, old traditions… Between countless church services (so many it fel

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