Jan. 07, 2025 06:40 AM EST

Photo Collection: Orthodox Christmas

A woman talks with her child prior to the Orthodox Christmas service in the Naval Cathedral of Saint Nicholas in the city of Kronstadt, outside St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky) Dmitri Lovetsky, ASSOCIATED PRESS
A woman talks with her child prior to the Orthodox Christmas service in the Naval Cathedral of Saint Nicholas in the city of Kronstadt, outside St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Ethiopian pilgrims pray during a Mass service for Ethiopian Christmas at the Bole Medhane Alem cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo)
The Orthodox icon Virgin of Kazan is projected on the dome of Kazansky Cathedral in snowfall during the Orthodox Christmas celebrations in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A woman crosses herself as she holds a candle walking in a street decorated for an Orthodox Christmas celebrating outside the Parliament building in Tbilisi, Georgia, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze)
Ethiopian pilgrims pray during a Mass service for Ethiopian Christmas at the Bole Medhane Alem cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo)
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This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors.

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