Merry Christmas!

[wordchick.livejournal.com]

Can someone please explain to me why this greeting is С Рождеством Христовым in Russian? I would expect С Рождеством Христоса. Is this Old Church Slavonic?

I'm sorry if that's not the correct spelling. I can't remember exactly.

Comments

[ex-tritopor.livejournal.com]

Исус. Not Иисус. :-)

[eloise-13.livejournal.com]

oh, please don't =)
coming from some old believers, i reckon?

[racoonbear.livejournal.com]

hey, my grandma is from old believers family )
Her prayer ends with " и во веки веком, аминь".
She says that's important to say "веком", not "веков" )

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

In modern Russian, it's Иисус, period.