Merry Christmas!

For Christmas Day, we’re enjoying the views on Mount Khomyak in Ukraine’s Carpathian Mountains, where the bright green moss and the red of the fallen leaves pop against the snowy white. While much of the Christian world celebrates Christmas on 25 December, for those who follow Eastern Orthodox Christian traditions - including many Ukrainians - Christmas is still a couple of weeks away. Eastern Orthodox Christmas celebrations are tied to the Julian calendar, which is 13 days behind the more universal Gregorian calendar, so Christmas Day in Ukraine will be celebrated on 7 January.
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