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Thursday, 7 January 2016

In pictures: Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas

Senior pastors attend during Egypt's Coptic Christmas Eve mass

Orthodox Christians around the world are celebrating Christmas.
Communities from Europe, Africa and the Middle East marked the event - each with their own unique traditions - on Thursday, in line with the Julian calendar.

In the Russian capital Moscow, some 350,000 people took part in Christmas liturgies.
Other countries celebrated with firework displays, traditional log-burning ceremonies and processions.
Senior pastors attend during Egypt's Coptic Christmas Eve massImage copyrightReuters
Image captionEgypt's Orthodox Coptic Christians make up about 10% of the country's 90 million people and many attended Christmas services at Cairo's Orthodox Cathedral amid tightened security
An African Christian woman attends Egypt's Coptic Christmas Eve mass in CairoImage copyrightReuters
Image captionAmong the worshippers at Cairo's Orthodox Cathedral were Ethiopian Christians, who had fasted for 43 days
Worshippers walk in front of the Holy Trinity Cathedral during midnight Christmas service in Tbilisi, GeorgiaImage copyrightReuters
Image captionChurches across the Georgian capital Tbilisi were lit up to celebrate the occasion
Participants march on the street during Image copyrightReuters
Image captionPeople in Tblisi participated in the "Alilo", a religious procession
Thousands of adherents to the Ethiopian Orthodox Faith arrive in the Ethiopian city of Lalibela to observe Orthodox Christmas (06 January 2015)Image copyrightGetty Images
Image captionThousands of Orthodox Christians in Ethiopia made their way to city of Lalibela - where there are 11 ancient monolithic structures carved out of solid granite
Russian President Vladimir Putin at a midnight service at a church in the village of TurginovoImage copyrightAP
Image captionRussian President Vladimir Putin attended a midnight service at a church in the village of Turginovo, about 90 miles (150 km) north-west of Moscow
A Russian monk attaches a Christmas tree branch to an icon inside a church in a compound of Uspensky male monastery, during preparations for the Christmas night serviceImage copyrightReuters
Image captionMany Orthodox Christians in Russia - home to the world's largest Orthodox community - attend night services to mark Christmas. Here, a Russian monk attaches a Christmas tree branch to an icon inside a church ahead of the service
Greek Orthodox swimmer Nico Solis holds up a wooden cross after retrieving it from the Bosporus river during the blessing of the water ceremony, as part of celebrations of the Epiphany day at the Church of Fener Orthodox Patriarchate (6 January 2015)Image copyrightGetty Images
Image captionGreek Orthodox swimmer Nico Solis holds up a wooden cross after retrieving it from the Bosphorus strait during the Blessing of Water ceremony, as part of celebrations of the Epiphany day at the Church of Fener Orthodox Patriarchate in Istanbul, Turkey
Believers burn dried oak branches, which symbolizes the Yule log, on Orthodox Christmas Eve in front of the St. Sava temple in Belgrade, SerbiaImage copyrightReuters
Image captionIn Serbia, many attended the Badnja - or Yule log burning - ceremony in Belgrade
People gather to receive a piece of traditional Christmas bread, marking the Orthodox Christmas Day festivities in BelgradeImage copyrightReuters
Image captionOthers gathered to receive a piece of traditional Christmas bread
Armenian people attend mass at a church as they celebrate Orthodox Christmas in Dohuk provinceImage copyrightReuters
Image captionServices at Orthodox churches throughout Armenia were well attended for Christmas services
A woman lights candles during the religious mass to celebrate the Orthodox Christmas at the Cathedral of St Clement in SkopjeImage copyrightAFP/Getty
Image captionTwo-thirds of Macedonia's population are Orthodox Christian
An Orthodox priest blesses servicemen of the Belarussian Interior MinistryImage copyrightReuters
Image captionIn Belarus, where most Christians follow Eastern Orthodoxy, priests visited military bases to bless troops
Members of a Syrian pipe band marching band parade outside the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank city of BethlehemImage copyrightEPA
Image captionIn the West Bank city of Bethlehem, members of a Syrian pipe band paraded outside the Church of the Nativity
A Palestinian woman lights a votive candle during Orthodox Christmas celebrations at the Saint Porphyrios Greek Orthodox church in Gaza CityImage copyrightAFP/Getty
Image captionA Palestinian woman in Gaza City lights a candle at the Porphyrios Greek Orthodox church. There are said to be just over 1,000 Christians in Gaza, almost all of them Orthodox
Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi greets Christians during Egypt's Coptic Christmas Eve Mass in CairoImage copyrightReuters
Image captionEgypt's President Adbul Fattah al-Sisi greeted Christians at a Christmas Eve Mass in Cairo
Altar boys participate during Christmas service at the Protection of the Holy Virgin Russian Orthodox Church in Sydney, AustraliaImage copyrightEPA
Image captionExpatriate Orthodox communities in Australia were among the first to celebrate Christmas
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