Orthodox activists in Moscow celebrated the New Year with a run "from temple to temple" and called to return to the Julian calendar

Participants in the Orthodox movement "Forty forties" together with the Oplot fighting club held in Moscow on the first day of the New Year a match in football and a run "from the temple to the temple! From the heart to the soul!".

The mileage started from the Torpedo stadium, which was built on the ground of the destroyed Simonov Monastery, the intermediate finish took place on the Vasilyevsky descent at the church of Vasily Blessnaya, where numerous Muscovites and guests of the capital greeted the Orthodox athletes with approving exclamations and claps, the portal of Interfax-religion reported on Tuesday.

Then the participants in the run went on the return trip and finished at the famous boxing club "Torpedo", which raised more than one galaxy of the champions.

The event was attended by the world champion in mixed martial arts, Alexei Oleinik, winner of many mixed martial arts, famous fighter Dmitry Sosnovsky, champion of Russia and European boxing, coordinator of the Magpie Nosov, winner of many competitions in power extram, the champion of Russia in Pauerlifting, Maxim Tsukanov, one of the leaders Football fans of Moscow Vasily Stepanov and the famous rapper Igor Knyazev.

“For us, Russian Orthodox Christians, on January 1, first of all, the day of the memory of St. Elijah Muromets, the warrior of Christ, who did not spare himself on the battlefield, protecting Holy Rus',” Andrei Kormukhin told the interfax -religion portal.

As he noted, the movement advocates for Russia to return to the calendar reckoning - the Julian calendar , when the Christmas of Christ is first celebrated, and then the New Year.

Recall that the Russian Orthodox Church now lives on the Julian calendar. The main, state -owned one in Russia is the Gregorian calendar , leading Julian for 13 days.