{"id":20929,"date":"2024-11-25T13:04:20","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T13:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=20929"},"modified":"2026-10-26T13:14:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T13:14:35","slug":"12-days-of-christmas-start-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/learn\/12-days-of-christmas-start-end\/","title":{"rendered":"\u041a\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430 \u043d\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0443\u043f\u0430\u044e\u0442 12 \u0434\u043d\u0435\u0439 \u0420\u043e\u0436\u0434\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0430? \u0421 25 \u0434\u0435\u043a\u0430\u0431\u0440\u044f \u043f\u043e 5 \u044f\u043d\u0432\u0430\u0440\u044f"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>The twelve days of Christmas start on Christmas Day itself. They run from 25 December to 5 January, and the evening of 5 January is Twelfth Night, the eve of the Epiphany. Some people count from 26 December instead, which makes the Epiphany the twelfth day. Either way, bishops meeting in 567 called every one of those days a festival. They met at Tours, in Gaul, and the words come in a rule for monks: from Christmas to the Epiphany\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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