Monday 25 December
The Nativity in the flesh. A Great Feast, and the fast-free Twelve Days begin.
Χριστούγεννα & Nativitas Domini
Christmas 2028
The birth of Jesus on 25 December, which churches on the Julian calendar keep on what is now 7 January.
In 2028 it falls on Monday 25 December, in Orthodox (New Calendar), Catholic and Protestant practice alike.
Orthodox churches keep it on the New or the Old Calendar, as each church does.
The date
In each branch
Monday 25 December
Christmas Day.
Monday 25 December
The Nativity of Christ.
The season
The days around it
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Sunday 3 December · Catholic
The First Sunday of Advent
The liturgical year begins. Four weeks of waiting before the Nativity.
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Sunday 3 December · Protestant
Advent Sunday
The church year begins. Four Sundays of waiting before the Nativity.
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Sunday 24 December · Protestant
Christmas Eve
The vigil of the Nativity.
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Sunday 31 December · Catholic
The Holy Family
Jesus, Mary and Joseph, kept on the Sunday within the Octave of the Nativity.
In ActivePray, each branch’s holy days and fasts come in its own year, with reminders for them, and every prayer at its hour.
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