Ethiopian pilgrims pray during a Mass service for Ethiopian Christmas at the Bole Medhane Alem cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo)
Christian Orthodox believers, who follow the Julian calendar and celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7, burn dried oak branches, the Yule log symbol for the Orthodox Christmas Eve, in front of St. Luke church in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
The Orthodox icon Virgin of Kazan is projected on the dome of Kazansky Cathedral in snowfall during the Orthodox Christmas celebrations in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A woman crosses herself as she holds a candle walking in a street decorated for an Orthodox Christmas celebrating outside the Parliament building in Tbilisi, Georgia, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze)
A Lithuanian Orthodox worshipper lights candles before the liturgy on Orthodox Christmas Eve in the Orthodox Church of the Holy Spirit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
Ethiopian pilgrims pray during a Mass service for Ethiopian Christmas at the Bole Medhane Alem cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo)
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Christian Orthodox believers, who follow the Julian calendar and celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7, burn dried oak branches, the Yule log symbol for the Orthodox Christmas Eve, in front of St. Luke church in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
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The Orthodox icon Virgin of Kazan is projected on the dome of Kazansky Cathedral in snowfall during the Orthodox Christmas celebrations in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
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A woman crosses herself as she holds a candle walking in a street decorated for an Orthodox Christmas celebrating outside the Parliament building in Tbilisi, Georgia, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze)
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A Lithuanian Orthodox worshipper lights candles before the liturgy on Orthodox Christmas Eve in the Orthodox Church of the Holy Spirit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
