 The Russian Orthodox Church has some parishes in the West which celebrate the Nativity on 25 December "Gregorian" until 2799.Parishes of the Orthodox Church in America Bulgarian Diocese, both before and after the 1976 transfer of that diocese from the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia to the Orthodox Church in America, were permitted to use this date.Some Old Calendarist groups which stand in opposition to the state churches of their homelands will use the Great Feast of the Theophany (6 January "Julian"/19 January "Gregorian") as a day for religious processions and the Great Blessing of Waters, to publicise their cause.