Christmas falls on January 7 for Orthodox Christians in the Middle East, Russia and other Orthodox churches that use the old Julian calendar instead of the 16th-century Gregorian calendar adopted by Catholics, Protestants, Greek Orthodox and commonly used in secular life around the world. Photo: A man reading the book "Night before Christmas" by a Russian writer Nikolay Gogol, and a woman listening to him on Orthodox Christmas Eve in Sosnovo village, about 80 km from Saint-Petersburg, late on January 6, 2012.