sacrament of the eucharist. the choir sings a chant a strange christmas that has seen music by georgy sviridovllelujah, alleluy allelujah, alleluy allelujah the church charter calls christmas the second easter and gives it an exceptional place among the days of the liturgical year , the twelfth feast of christ, which belongs to the category of the most important twelve christian holidays, but even among them, christmas is celebrated in a special way, usually before these holidays there is one day of pre-feast before christmas of such days, five pre-feast of the nativity of christ begins on january 2 in a new style. for the sake of the christmas holiday , fasting is canceled, even if the holiday falls on weekly fast days on wednesday or friday. and after the holiday christmas time is coming and will last until epiphany eve, that is, until january 18th. at christmas time, as a sign of spiritual triumph and universal joy, weekly fasting days and prostrations are canceled. as i have already said, christmas time or holy evenings will last until epiphany eve, which, by the way, in ancient times, chr