Worshippers gather on the eve of Orthodox Christmas at Meskel Square in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.[Amanuel Sileshi/AP Photo]

Orthodox Christians from Palestine to Russia celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ on January 7.

Many Eastern Orthodox Christians mark Christmas on January 7, with Christmas Eve on January 6, in line with the Julian calendar, which runs 13 days behind the Gregorian calendar used in most of the world.

Clergy prepare for the arrival of Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III to the Church of the Nativity traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ to celebrate Christmas according to the Eastern Orthodox calendar in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank Mahmoud IlleanAP Photo
Palestinian scout bands parade through Manger Square outside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem Mahmoud IlleanAP Photo
People attend an Orthodox Christmas service outside the Kashveti Church of St George in Tbilisi Georgia Zurab TsertsvadzeAP Photo
A Coptic Orthodox bishop leads Christmas prayers at Archangel Michael Church in Cairo Egypt Amr NabilAP Photo
Iranian Christians attend a service celebrating Orthodox Christmas at St Sarkis Armenian Cathedral in Tehran Atta KenareAFP
People burn dried oak branches symbolising the Yule log on Orthodox Christmas Eve in front of the Church of St Sava in Belgrade Serbia Darko VojinovicAP Photo
A woman lights a candle during a Christmas service at the Kronstadt Naval Cathedral in St Petersburg Russia Olga MaltsevaAFP
Worshippers receive communion during a Christmas service at the Syriac Orthodox Church in Sulaimaniyah a neighbourhood in Aleppo Syria Kasim YusufAnadolu
Orthodox Christians attend a Christmas Eve service at the Church of St Clement of Ohrid in Skopje North Macedonia Umeys SulejmanAnadolu

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