145 countries of the world are marking Christmas. Leader of Moscow Catholics Paolo Pezzi has held prayers at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Moscow today. At least 50,000 Catholics gathered. Liturgies will be in Russia and Polish. Ivan Jurkovic, Papal Nuncio, will carry out one of the liturgies today, Interfax reports.
Pope Francis started liturgy at St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican at 9.30 pm.
Moscow will have divine services in Armenian, English, Spanish, Italian, German, Polish, Korean, Filipino, Vietnamese and other languages. Christmas is marked on December 25 – January 1. Octave ends on January 6.
There are about 2.1 billion Christians in the world. The majority of them call December 25 and Easter the most important days of the year. About 6% of Russians mark Christmas.
145 countries of the world are marking Christmas. Leader of Moscow Catholics Paolo Pezzi has held prayers at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Moscow today. At least 50,000 Catholics gathered. Liturgies will be in Russia and Polish. Ivan Jurkovic, Papal Nuncio, will carry out one of the liturgies today, Interfax reports.Pope Francis started liturgy at St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican at 9.30 pm.Moscow will have divine services in Armenian, English, Spanish, Italian, German, Polish, Korean, Filipino, Vietnamese and other languages. Christmas is marked on December 25 – January 1. Octave ends on January 6.There are about 2.1 billion Christians in the world. The majority of them call December 25 and Easter the most important days of the year. About 6% of Russians mark Christmas.
