{"id":462396,"date":"2024-01-11T18:49:53","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T16:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=462396"},"modified":"2024-01-11T18:49:53","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T16:49:53","slug":"old-calendar-christmas-ukrainians-in-romania-celebrate-with-prayers-for-peace-carols-and-folk-traditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/old-calendar-christmas-ukrainians-in-romania-celebrate-with-prayers-for-peace-carols-and-folk-traditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Old calendar Christmas: Ukrainians in Romania celebrate with prayers for peace, carols and folk traditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The communities from the Ukrainian Orthodox Vicariate of the Romanian Patriarchate celebrated Christmas according to the old calendar on January 7. It was a wonderful opportunity to continue the tradition, pray for world peace and be reunited with natives of the area who currently serve in other dioceses.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The prayers for world peace were read on Christmas day as they have been every Sunday. In some of the parishes, including Sighet Parish, where I serve, we also read a special prayer for our spiritual sons and daughters, which is read on Christmas. We also read the Patriarch Daniel&#8217;s pastoral letter,\u201d transmitted, for <a href=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/\">Basilica.ro<\/a>, Father Marius Nicolae Lauruc, Counsellor of the Ukrainian Orthodox Vicariate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/craciun-pe-stil-vechi-in-vicariatul-ortodox-ucrainean-2024-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-462108\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/craciun-pe-stil-vechi-in-vicariatul-ortodox-ucrainean-2024-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"944\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/craciun-pe-stil-vechi-in-vicariatul-ortodox-ucrainean-2024-3.jpg 944w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/craciun-pe-stil-vechi-in-vicariatul-ortodox-ucrainean-2024-3-890x594.jpg 890w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On the first day of Christmas, after liturgy, a Christmas carol concert was held in all the parishes &#8211; by the community choir or by a children&#8217;s choir.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among folk traditions for Christmas in the Ukrainian communities in Romania, P\u0103rFather Marius Nicolae Lauruc mentioned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100051417860968\/videos\/712944704263372\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Bethlehem<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/story.php?story_fbid=3214407702189363&amp;id=100003508996744&amp;mibextid=KsPBc6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Old Carolling<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_462110\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-462110\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/craciun-pe-stil-vechi-in-vicariatul-ortodox-ucrainean-2024-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-462110 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/craciun-pe-stil-vechi-in-vicariatul-ortodox-ucrainean-2024-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/craciun-pe-stil-vechi-in-vicariatul-ortodox-ucrainean-2024-2.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/craciun-pe-stil-vechi-in-vicariatul-ortodox-ucrainean-2024-2-668x890.jpeg 668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-462110\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Young Ukrainians at Christmas mass in Rona de Sus Parish, Maramure\u0219 County, Romania. They have dressed to present the folk tradition for the Nativity of the Lord, known as &#8220;The Bethlehem&#8221;. Photo credit: Ukrainian Orthodox Parish Rona de Sus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;The Bethlehem is a folk enactment of the moment of the Nativity of the Lord. Some 10-15 years ago, we had many groups. Now there is only one group in each community preparing the enactment. This tradition has been kept alive and the enactment is presented after the Vigil for the Nativity of the Lord,\u201d explained the counsellor of the Ukrainian Orthodox Vicariate.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_462112\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-462112\" style=\"width: 987px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/craciun-pe-stil-vechi-in-vicariatul-ortodox-ucrainean-2024-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-462112 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/craciun-pe-stil-vechi-in-vicariatul-ortodox-ucrainean-2024-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"987\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/craciun-pe-stil-vechi-in-vicariatul-ortodox-ucrainean-2024-4.jpg 987w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/craciun-pe-stil-vechi-in-vicariatul-ortodox-ucrainean-2024-4-890x500.jpg 890w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-462112\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old style Christmas at Bistra Parish in Maramure\u0219 County, Romania. Photo: Bistra Parish<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Another old custom in some communities is the so-called Old Carolling: a group of parish counsellors go carolling in the name of the church. They try to cover as much as they can from the area of the village and people joyfully receive them.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_462114\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-462114\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/craciun-pe-stil-vechi-in-vicariatul-ortodox-ucrainean-2024-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-462114 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/craciun-pe-stil-vechi-in-vicariatul-ortodox-ucrainean-2024-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/craciun-pe-stil-vechi-in-vicariatul-ortodox-ucrainean-2024-6.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/craciun-pe-stil-vechi-in-vicariatul-ortodox-ucrainean-2024-6-890x594.jpg 890w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-462114\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clergy and faithful on Old Style Christmas 2023-2024 in the Rona de Sus Parish, Maramure\u0219 county, Romania. Photo: Rona de Sus Parish<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Father Marius Nicolae Lauruc also mentions the joy of officiating together with sons of the village who are currently serving in other dioceses, but come back home to celebrate old-calendar Christmas with their friends and thus extend the joy of the feast of the Nativity of the Lord.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_462116\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-462116\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/craciun-pe-stil-vechi-in-vicariatul-ortodox-ucrainean-2024-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-462116 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/craciun-pe-stil-vechi-in-vicariatul-ortodox-ucrainean-2024-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/craciun-pe-stil-vechi-in-vicariatul-ortodox-ucrainean-2024-5.jpg 768w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/craciun-pe-stil-vechi-in-vicariatul-ortodox-ucrainean-2024-5-668x890.jpg 668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-462116\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Young Ukrainian Orthodox dressed as Bethlehem characters for the old-calendar Christmas celebrations in the Ukrainian Orthodox Vicariate of the Romanian Patriarchate. Photo source: Ukrainian Orthodox Vicariate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Many former colleagues and friends from the Diocese of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar and the Archdiocese of Suceava and R\u0103d\u0103u\u021bi come to serve in our churches for Christmas according to the old calendar.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>The Ukrainian Orthodox Vicariate <\/strong>is\u00a0an administrative-territorial canonical unit dependent on the Romanian Patriarchate and dedicated to the Ukrainian Orthodox faithful living in Romania. They attend services officiated in their mother tongue by Ukrainian priests.<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: Ukrainian Orthodox Vicariate \/ Bistra Parish (article opening)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Follow us on Twitter:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BasilicaNews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@BasilicaNews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The communities from the Ukrainian Orthodox Vicariate of the Romanian Patriarchate celebrated Christmas according to the old calendar on January 7. 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