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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin lights a candle during the Orthodox Christmas service at Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral in St. Petersburg. (AFP Photo)
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Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill (R) congratulates Russian President Dmitry Medvedev during an Orthodox Christmas at Christ The Savior Cathedral in Moscow. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Vladimir Rodionov, Presidential Press Service)
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An orthodox worshipper cries inside the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, during Orthodox Christmas celebrations in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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Orthodox worshippers, originally from Eritrea, dance outside the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, during Orthodox Christmas celebrations in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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Worshippers celebrate Orthodox Christmas in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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President of Serbia Boris Tadic lights a candle in the Visoki Decane Serb Orthodox Monastery during his visit for the Orthodox Christmas in western Kosovo town of Decane. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
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Ukrainian orthodox believers during the Christmas Eve mass in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra church in Kiev, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)
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People hold candles during the Orthodox Christmas service at Sioni Cathedral in Tbilisi. (AFP Photo/Vano Shlamov)
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Christmas falls on January 7 for Orthodox Christians in the Middle East, Russia and other Orthodox churches that use the old Julian calendar instead of the 16th-century Gregorian calendar adopted by Catholics, Protestants, Greek Orthodox and commonly used in secular life around the world. (AFP Photo/Vano Shlamov)
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