Fasting lasts 40 days.
When does the Christmas fast begin?
Last year, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) switched to a new calendar of holidays. Yes, parishioners of OCU celebrate all non-transitional Orthodox holidays 13 days earlier.
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Now believers celebrate Christmas on December 25, so the Christmas fast begins on November 15. Fasting will last 40 days - until December 24.
The last day before the Christmas fast (November 14) is called bends. You can eat meat and dairy products on this day. Then, starting on November 15, these products cannot be consumed, as the Christmas fast begins.
Previously, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, by Decree No. 455/2023, changed the dates of some Ukrainian holidays, which in one way or another are related to the church calendar.