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Orthodox Christians are celebrating Christmas around the globe. They follow the Julian calendar, which marks January 7 as Christmas Day.
8 Jan 2014 - 12:25 PM  UPDATED 8 Jan 2014 - 2:17 PM
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Orthodox Christians gather outside the parliament building in Tbilisi, Georgia. (Getty)
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Participants march on the street during 'Alilo', a religious procession, to celebrate the Orthodox Christmas in Tbilisi, capital of Georgia. (Getty)
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Candles are lit during an Orthodox Christmas service in a church, in the village of Sokuluk, of Chuy Province in northern Kyrgyzstan. (Getty)
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A ceremonial burning of dried oak branches, the Yule log symbol of the Orthodox Christmas Eve in Sabac, west of capital Belgrade, Serbia. (Getty)
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People gather around a bonfire and watch fireworks ahead of the Orthodox Christmas, in Skopje, the capital of the Republic of Macedonia, on January 5, 2014. (Getty)
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In Skopje, the capital of the Republic of Macedonia, Orthodox Christians toast to the holiday season. (Getty)
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In Istanbul, Turkey, Greek Orthodox swimmer, Alexandridis Georgos, retrieved the wooden cross from the Bosphorus river's Golden Horn as part of celebrations of the Epiphany day at the Church of Fener Orthodox Patriarchiate. (Getty)
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The Armenian Christmas service at the Syrian Saint Sarkis Church for Armenian Orthodox in Damascus on January 6, 2014. (Getty)
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Macedonian Christian Orthodox Archbishop Stefan holds a holy Christmas liturgy during the celebrations of Christmas at St. Clement's Cathedral in Skopje. (Getty)
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Bulgaria's newly elected Orthodox Church Patriarch Neophyte leads the Christmas mass in the golden-domed Alexander Nevsky cathedral in central Sofia. Unlike other fellow Orthodox countries, Bulgaria celebrates Christmas on December 25. (Getty)
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Children wearing traditional clothes take part in Orthodox Christmas Eve celebration in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on January 6. (Getty)
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Protesters cook the celebratory dinner in the Ukrainian opposition tent camp on Independence Square in Kiev on January 6, 2014, during preparation for Orthodox Christmas Eve celebration. (Getty)
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Kosovo Serbs arrive at the medieval monastery of Gracanica on the eve of the Orthodox Christmas. (Getty)
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Kosovo Serbs gather at the medieval monastery of Gracanica. (Getty)
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The Orthodox Christmas Eve at the church in Sabac, the western city of Serbia. (Getty)
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The Orthodox Christmas service at the Holy Face of Christ the Savior Church in the Russian southern city of Sochi. (Getty)
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends the Orthodox Christmas service at the Holy Face of Christ the Savior Church in the Russian southern city of Sochi. (Getty)
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A Christmas service in Saint Petersburg, Russia on January 7, 2014.
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People attend an Orthodox Christmas service in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan on January 7. (Getty)
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Palestinian children sit as Greek Orthodox Christians attend Christmas mass at the Orthodox Saint Porfirios church in Gaza City. (Getty)
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Christmas mass at the Orthodox Saint Porfirios church in Gaza City. (Getty)
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Egyptian Coptic Christians use the Julian calendar which celebrates Christmas on January 7. St. George Church, in New York, like other Coptic churches around the country, has witnessed a surge of Christians fleeing Egypt since the start of the Arab Spring. (Getty)
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An Egyptian Coptic Christian celebrates Christmas Nativity Liturgy, the start of Christmas, at the Coptic Orthodox Church of St. George on January 6, 2014 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Getty)
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