Orthodox Christians around the world have been celebrating Christmas by ... unlike Christian denominations which follow the Gregorian calendar. Getty Images A woman in Syria's capital Damascus ...

photographers captured these images of people gathered with family, friends and communities to observe the holiday. An Orthodox Christian worshipper lighting a candle at a Christmas mass at the St ...

Getty Christmas is celebrated around the world as a religious and secular event - and it is no different in the Arab world. Although a popular belief was that Christmas was a western celebration ...