Will Christmas and New Year coincide?

Andrey Kurayev. Photo: RIA Novosti Milena Faustova Moscow Times 12/1/2012 Archdeacon Andrey Kurayev of the Russian Orthodox Church suggests celebrating Christmas and the New Year on one day, the 1st of January. The superposing of the dates and celebrations would be the answer to many questions asked by Christians belonging to different churches and would mark the beginning of both the religious and secular year, the Russian priest said in his interview for The Voice of Russia: “The main point is to avoid perplexity about why the year which is counted from Christ’s birth begins on a date which differs from the date of His birth