Bishops returned Christmas on January 6?

It is possible this year to celebrate the last Christmas on December 25 if the bishops of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church decided to return to the old church calendar.

According to him, Christmas falls on January 6, explained to Monitor the general secretary of the Holy Synod Bishop Naum.
Sinodalnata of Auditors reported that the bishops of the Holy Synod decided to leave to celebrate Christmas on December 25 this year. On 20 December, however, Synod is expected to examine a group of believers and the priest Chelopechene Marin Dimitrov, who serves on the old calendar with the permission of the Patriarch’s more than 20 years. The request was brought to the entry number 1014 of 20 November. The document was initialed by the Chairman of the liturgical committee Sliven Metropolitan Joanikiy as eligible for consideration by the Holy Synod.
Have an opinion on the matter but to say after the meeting of the Synod according to the decision to take, „said Nathanael Nevrokop Bishop, who is also in the liturgical commission, which has a casting vote on the issue of old and new calendar.
Importers point out that five bishops have supported them in 1997 Dorostolski These are the late Archbishop Hilarion, the current Nikolai Plovdiv, Lovech Archbishop Gabriel and the late Secretary of the Synod Bishop Pope Gelasius.

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