Orthodox Christmas 2009

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Patriarch Kirill-Christmas
 Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill, right, serves the Christmas liturgy at Christ The Savior Cathedral in Moscow, early Thursday, Jan 7, 2009.
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Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos
 Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos leads the Orthodox Christmas procession inside the Church of the Nativity.
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Christmas liturgy in Riga January 6, 2010
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Coptic Christmas massacre
 Egyptian Copt Rami Rasmi, right, who was injured with others when three men in a car sprayed automatic gunfire,into a crowd of churchgoers as they left after the liturgy for Coptic Christmas killing at least seven people, is accompanied by his father at Nag Hamadi hospital in Qena province, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) from the famous ancient ruins of Luxor, Egypt Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010. At least seven people were killed in the drive-by shooting, the church bishop and security officials said.
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Christmas Ecumenical Patriarchate
 An Orthodox woman prays during Christmas liturgy in Aya Yorgi (St. George) church at Fener Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul December 25, 2009.
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Christmas Bethlehem
 A woman prays inside the Church of Nativity, Bethlehem, January 6, 2010.
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Christmas Russia
 Woman prays in a church in Moscow on Christmas Eve, January 6, 2010.
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Holy Trinity Cathedral Christmas
 Holy Trinity Cathedral is seen in Tbilisi, Georgia, January 6, 2010.
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Patriarch Kirill
 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, and Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill greet each other following the Christmas liturgy at Christ the Savior Cathedral, Moscow, January 7, 1010.
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Coptic Orthodox Christmas
 Coptic Orthodox Christmas midnight liturgy at the cathedral in Cairo January 6, 2010.
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Pope Shenouda III serves Christmas liturgy
 Pope Shenouda III serves Christmas liturgy at the cathedral in Cairo, January 7, 2010.
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Bishop Anba Kirolos Coptic massacre
Coptic Bishop Anba Kirolos talks to Reuters in his church in Qena, 700 km (435 miles) south of Cairo, January 8, 2010. Coptic Christian protestors clashed with police in the southern Egyptian town of Nagaa Hamady on Thursday after six Christians and a Muslim police officer were killed in a shooting in front of a church, witnesses said. 
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Coptic Christmas Egypt
child looks from a window of a church where she is attending a Coptic Orthodox Christmas midnight in Cairo January 6, 2010.
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Moscow Christmas
boy holds a candle in a church in Moscow January 6, 2010
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