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Patriarch Kirill, leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, the world's largest Orthodox ... Bank town after the heads of major churches in Jerusalem asked their congregations to "forgo any ...

In Bethlehem, Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem led Midnight Mass at the Church of the Nativity. In Moscow, the Russian ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the Orthodox Christmas ... Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III leads a Christmas Eve mass at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem ...

Bosnia and Herzegovina Mussa Issa Qawasma / Reuters Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III smiles as he arrives at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem to celebrate Christmas ...