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Hundreds of worshippers attend a historic service at the famed Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery as Ukrainians marked Orthodox Christmas under the shadow of war. In a first, Metropolitan Epifaniy, head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, leads a Christmas divine liturgy in the Assumption Cathedral of the 11th century Lavra, the pro-Western country's most signifiant Orthodox monastery. IMAGES
Members of Sweden's government and royal family attend a memorial service for victims of the Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed near Tehran after being hit by an Iranian missile. The Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737, which had been bound for Kiev, slammed into a field shortly after taking off from Tehran last Wednesday, killing all 176 people on board, including 17 Swedish residents. IMAGES of the beginning of the service
The Istanbul-based Orthodox patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople signs the formal decree confirming the creation of an independent Ukrainian church. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko attended the ceremony in Istanbul. IMAGES
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko arrives at Kiev's Saint Sophia Cathedral while several thousands of Ukrainians rally outside ahead of a historic synod expected to establish an Orthodox church independent from Russia. IMAGES
A Berlin church uses the power of the force to host a Star Wars-themed service to tie in with the new film "Star Wars: The Force Awakens." Nathan Frandino reports.
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