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In Photos: Catholic Georgians Celebrating Christmas
While the majority Orthodox Christians of Georgia observe Christmas on January 7 in accordance with Julian calendar, smaller Christian communities across the country celebrate the festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ on December 25. Civil Georgia’s Editor-in-Chief Otar Kobakhidze visited village Khizabavra in southern Samtskhe-Javakheti region, where some 110 Catholic Georgian parishioners gathered despite minus 20 Celsius outside to celebrate Christmas Eve mass in the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ.
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