From Russia to Ethiopia, Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas today

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Moscow - Aleksy II, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, celebrated a midnight Mass for 5,000 people at Christ the Savior Cathedral. The five-hour service was broadcast on national television. Orthodox Christmas was not officially recognized by the communist regime, but became a public holiday in Russia following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Communists demolished thousands of churches, including Christ the Savior Cathedral, which was rebuilt in the late 1990s.

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