Greek Orthodox Christmas 2025. Orthodox christmas day is on january 7 every year, and isn’t it an exciting opportunity to celebrate another christmas just as the new year kicks off? With him, i lit candles at jesus’s tomb inside the church of the holy sepulcher and i visited church dignitaries, family members and even the batrak, the grand old patriarch of the.

According to the julian calendar (used prior to gregorian calendar) the day falls on december 25th each year. In georgia and other countries like romania and greece, a religious procession called alilo is a major orthodox christmas tradition.