Showing posts with label January 7. Show all posts
Showing posts with label January 7. Show all posts

7 January 2016

Orthodox faithful mark Christmas with services, celebration

People dressed in traditional Russian clothes dance during the celebration of Orthodox Christmas in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016. Russian Orthodox believers celebrate Christmas by the Julian calendar on Jan. 7.
For much of the Orthodox Christian world, Thursday is celebrated as Christmas Day. Believers in Russia, Ukraine, and parts of Eastern Europe and the Middle East flocked to churches for the holiday.
Some Orthodox churches follow the liturgical calendar observed by the Roman Catholic and Protestant churches and celebrate Christmas on Dec. 25.
A look at Christmas events throughout the world Thursday:
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