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At the beginning of Chrismastide and before the feast of Theophany, we greet our readers with this photo gallery from Pravoslavie.ru of the best winter photographs by the remarkable photographer Yuri Anatolievich Kaver.
Celebrations in Egypt's Minya and Sinai were muted due to recent violence but celebrations went off as planned in Palestine and Damascus.
Orthodox Christian communities around the world began their Christmas celebrations on Tuesday, with Jan. 6 marking the start of Christmas Eve for much of the Eastern Christian world.
Basil of Seleucia
God from all eternity, he came as a newborn infant. He who had prepared eternal dwellings lay in a manger, for there was no room for him at the inn. He who was made known by a star came to birth in a cave. He who was offered as a ransom for sin received gifts from the wise men.
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This is the month which brings all manner of joy; it is the freedom of the bondsmen, the pride of the free, the crown of the gates, the soothing of the body, that also in its love put purple upon us as upon kings.
