Orthodox Christians around the globe have been celebrating Christmas by attending church companies.
Whereas the vast majority of the Christian world have fun Christmas Day on 25 December, for lots of the world’s 200 million Orthodox Christians, the delivery of Jesus Christ is marked on 7 January.
It is because they comply with the Julian calendar, in contrast to Christian denominations which comply with the Gregorian calendar.
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A girl in Syria’s capital Damascus receives Holy Communion on the Armenian Apostolic Church of Mar Sarkis. That is the primary Christmas Syrians are celebrating for the reason that fall of their long-time ruler – former President Bashar al-Assad.
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In Egypt, a priest representing the Coptic Orthodox Church – the Center East’s largest Christian neighborhood – walks previous worshippers on the Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Church in Cairo.
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A younger worshipper lights a candle throughout Orthodox Christmas Eve celebrations in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
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Earlier, believers and non secular leaders gathered on the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, within the occupied West Financial institution, which is alleged to be the birthplace of Jesus.
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Ethiopian worshippers have been holding candles and singing hymns at Addis Ababa’s Bole Medhanialem Church.
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Thousands and thousands of Russians are celebrating Christmas and President Vladimir Putin (left) noticed the festive season at Moscow’s St George’s Church.
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Festive decorations will be seen in Moscow’s streets.
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In Serbia’s capital Belgrade, Prince Philip was pictured holding a burning oak department or badnjak in a conventional ceremony.
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Within the Armenian capital Yerevan, Armenian apostolic Christians attended a service at St Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral.
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Georgian Christians turned out to have fun with candles in Tbilisi.
