andriy smirnov, a frequent guest of our broadcasts on the topics of church relations and religion, i congratulate you andriy, here is your... opinion: to what extent will the new date of celebrating christmas this year unite the country and will it unite at all? mamanite fears, the transition to the new calendar in ukraine took place quite painlessly. both ukrainian churches, orthodox church of ukraine, ukrainian the greek catholic church synchronously switched to the new calendar from september 1 this year, and there were no major protests or splits in these churches. ago. i think that both the ukrainian greek catholic church and the ukrainian orthodox church, as well as evangelical christians, roman catholics, will celebrate christmas together this year, and this will undoubtedly contribute to the consolidation of the ukrainian nation. but you said that the transition was painless, but still, according to polls, 17% of ukrainians will celebrate christmas on january 7. ah, or whatever there is resistance and is it big, and if you know, in which regions in? countries? and there is a