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Tengrinews.kz - Orthodox Christians around the world are celebrating this sacred holiday by practicing rituals and attending church services.
Tengrinews.kz - Orthodox Christians around the world are celebrating this sacred holiday by practicing rituals and attending church services.
Orthodox Christians make up about 200 million of the global Christian population. While most Christians celebrate Christmas on December 25 according to the Gregorian calendar, Orthodox believers mark the birth of Jesus Christ on January 7, following the Julian calendar.
Here is how the world celebrates Orthodox Christmas.
Kazakhstan
Earlier, Metropolitan Alexander of Astana and Kazakhstan announced that festive service would take place on Christmas Eve in all churches across the country. On the morning of January 7, in the Ascension Cathedral in Almaty, residents and clergy of Almaty gathered to participate in the solemn Divine Liturgy.
West Bank
Orthodox Christians gathered in the streets of Bethlehem, said to be the site of the Nativity of Jesus Christ, to celebrate Christmas Eve on January 6.
Russia
Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, led the traditional Orthodox Christmas Eve mass at Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Saviour on Monday, January 6.
U.S.A.
In Youngstown, Ohio, locals gathered to celebrate Orthodox Christmas Eve mass at Saints Peter and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
"We are celebrating the nativity of our Lord, Jesus Christ, the savior who came to the world to save all of us," said Father Mykola Zomchak in an interview with WKBN-TV.
Georgia
Thousands of residents of Tbilisi are celebrating Orthodox Christmas amid the ongoing pro-European protests.
Serbia
In Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, Orthodox Christmas is observed by hundreds of attendants in the Christmas morning Divine Liturgy in the city's Temple of Saint Sava. Patriarch Porfirije, head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, is leading the service.
Earlier, President Tokayev extended his Christmas greetings to Orthodox Christians in Kazakhstan.
