Orthodox Christmas traditions...

[Uladzimir Katkouski]

A forward from my friend... Hoping for some help... U.K.

> Greetings!
>
> Linguists and  experts of the Orthodox Christianity, We are
> desperate for your help.  A group of us, CIS students, here at
> Cottey College  is working on  presentation about Russian Orthodox
> Christmas, Christmas church service, and Orthodox Christmas
> traditions.  In the process of gathering information we realized
> that none of us knows much about the Christmas Service
> itself--probably due to our sporadic attendance of it:)--its
> procedures and ceremonies.  We also are experiencing some
> difficulties with translating the names of some ceremonies, such
> as "krestniy hod" and such... If any of you could provide us with
> information or help with translation, we would appreciate it
> immensely.