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McLeod Ganj (India), Dec 25 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Sanjay Baid).- A group of Christians gathered at St.John in the Wilderness Church, in McLeod Ganj, near Dharamsala, to participate in Christmas celebrations. FOOTAGE OF CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS IN THE ST. JOHN IN THE WILDERNESS CHURCH IN MCLEOD GANJ (INDIA).
Hundreds of Christians parade through Damascus to celebrate Christmas, despite Syria's on-going civil war. Rough Cut - subtitled (no reporter narration)
Catholic faithful attend the Passion Play of Iztapalapa, a performance taking place in Mexico City during Holy Week, where actors, dressed as Bible characters, re-enact the scene from the Christian holy book. IMAGES
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
Pope Francis meets Christians in an ancient Iraqi church torched by the Islamic State group when it swept into the northern town of Qaraqosh in 2014. After the jihadists were ousted in 2016, the Al-Tahera (Immaculate Conception) Church's marble floors and columns were restored and the faithful gathered there on Sunday to welcome the pontiff. IMAGES