Wednesday 7 January Coptic Christmas around the world

The difference in the timing of the Christmas celebrations stretches back to 1582, when Pope Gregory XIII, ruled that the Catholic Church should follow a new calendar – called the Gregorian calendar, as it was closer to the solar calendar than the Julian calendar.

The Julian calendar had been established by Julius Caesar in 46 B.C.
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La grande preghiera cantata e ballata durante il Leddet, il Natale copto eritreo, che cade il 7 gennaio.

Big preyer, song and dance during #Leddet, eritrean coptic Christmas the 7th of January.

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