Again you don’t read my posts well, I didn’t ignore your statement about you not caring, I pointed out how much you actually do care by quoting your negative and critical attack on Ukraine and their Orthodox church changing the date.
““That is, until Zelensky decreed Christmas would henceforth be celebrated on December 25 last year. Yes, in 2023, for the first time in history going all the way back to the 10th century, Ukraine celebrated Christmas on Dec. 25th. I guess he figured if Henry VIII could appoint himself head of the Church of England ...”
I criticized a politician for sticking his nose in Church business and upending a thousand-year-old tradition, He purportedly did it to “remove traces of Soviet and Russian influence”. Ha. The Ukrainian Orthodox (and Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church) had always used the Julian calendar.
Soviet Christmas? No such thing! First, they banned all religious celebrations, including Christmas, along with Grandfather Frost (their version of Santa Claus) and Christmas trees. Then Stalin decided they could have a nice atheist pagan-ish New Year celebration, and decreed Grandfather Frost must visit on January 1, New Year’s Day (but no, not on January 7!) and New Year trees were allowed. The atheist commies had no truck with Christmas.
What Zelensky, a politician, did was break age-old *Ukrainian* tradition. For political reasons. I am not impressed. But it’s not really my business as I am not Ukrainian Orthodox nor a Ukrainian Eastern Rite Catholic. It’s not your business, either, if you don’t belong to an affected church.