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Tbilisi, Jan 6 (EFE/EPA).- Georgia held Wednesday night a religious service to celebrate the Orthodox Christmas, a tradition that is usually celebrated in accordance with the Julian calendar. (Camera: ZURAB KURTSIKIDZE).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN A CHRISTMAS MASS AT THE TRINITY CATHEDRAL IN TBILISI, GEORGIA.
Moscow, Jan 6 (EFE/EPA).- Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill led Wednesday a Christmas service at the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow under strict health measures due to the coronavirus pandemic. Russian Orthodox church celebrates Christmas following the Julian calendar. (Camera: MAXIM SHIPENKOV).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN A CHRISTMAS MASS AT THE CHRIST THE SAVIOR CATHEDRAL IN MOSCOW, RUSSIA.
521 babies have been baptised in a mass ceremony in Tbilisi's Holy Trinity Cathedral. And their godfather is Ilia II, the spiritual leader of the Georgian Orthodox Church.
A German tourist braved freezing conditions in Oymyakon, one of the coldest inhabited settlements in the world, on Thursday, as he took an icy dip into the river while air temperatures stood at -50° Celsius (-58° Fahrenheit). Ice-dipping is a long-held tradition among Orthodox Christians, for Epiphany Day, which is observed on January 19th in the Orthodox calender. It celebrates the baptism of Jesus Christ and is said to cleanse and purify the plunger.
The new head of the Serbian Orthodox Church is enthroned in the Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel in Belgrade. Porfirije, bishop of Zagreb and Ljubljana, succeeds patriarch Irinej who died of coronavirus in November at the age of 90. Porfirije is one of Serbia's youngest bishops known for his close ties to the Balkan country's political leaders.
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