Blessed Christmas to All Orthodox and Coptic Christians Who Celebrate Today!

Today is December 25th on the old Julian Calendar, meaning it's Orthodox Christmas for many nations from Ethiopia to Serbia to Georgia, as well as Christmas Day for the Copts in Egypt. In Russia, the holiday of exchanging presents is already past with New Year's, today as ESW's Eurasia Editor Stanislav Krapivnik says, is a holiday for God and family.

A blessed feast of the Nativity to all our readers around the world!