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Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (C) and his wife Svetlana arrive to attend an Orthodox Christmas mass at the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow, January 6, 2009. Russia celebrates Christmas on January 7 according to the Julian calendar that is used by the country's Orthodox church. Picture taken January 6, 2009.
Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (L) and his wife Svetlana attend an Orthodox Christmas mass at the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow, January 6, 2009. Russia celebrates Christmas on January 7 according to the Julian calendar that is used by the country's Orthodox church. Picture taken January 6, 2009.
Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (L) and his wife Svetlana attend an Orthodox Christmas mass at the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow, January 6, 2009. Russia celebrates Christmas on January 7 according to the Julian calendar that is used by the country's Orthodox church. Picture taken January 6, 2009.
Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (L) and his wife Svetlana attend an Orthodox Christmas mass at the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow January 6, 2009. Russia celebrates Christmas on January 7 according to the Julian calendar that is used by the country's Orthodox church. Picture taken January 6, 2009.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, center, and his wife Svetlana, 2nd from right, pass by children as they arrive to attend an Orthodox Christmas service in Moscow's Christ The Savior Cathedral, early Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009. Christmas falls on Jan. 7 for Orthodox Christians in the Holy Land, Russia and other Orthodox churches that use the Julian calendar instead of the 16th-century Gregorian calendar adopted by Catholics and Protestants and commonly used in secular life around the world.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, speaks with Metropolitan Kirill, the Russian Orthodox church's foreign relations chief, now as interim leader, right, after an Orthodox Christmas service in Moscow's Christ The Savior Cathedral, early Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009. Christmas falls on Jan. 7 for Orthodox Christians in the Holy Land, Russia and other Orthodox churches that use the Julian calendar instead of the 16th-century Gregorian calendar adopted by Catholics and Protestants and commonly used in secular life around the world.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) and his wife Svetlana attend an Orthodox Christmas Eve service in Moscow's Christ The Savior Cathedra on January 7, 2009. Christmas falls on January 7 for Orthodox Christians in the Holy Land, Russia and other Orthodox churches that use the old Julian calendar instead of the 16th-century Gregorian calendar adopted by Catholics, Protestants, Greek Orthodox and commonly used in secular life around the world.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (C) and his wife Svetlana (2nd R) walk past children as they arrive to attend an Orthodox Christmas Eve service in Moscow's Christ The Savior Cathedra on January 7, 2009. Christmas falls on January 7 for Orthodox Christians in the Holy Land, Russia and other Orthodox churches that use the old Julian calendar instead of the 16th-century Gregorian calendar adopted by Catholics, Protestants, Greek Orthodox and commonly used in secular life around the world.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) speaks with Metropolitan Kirill, the Russian Orthodox church's foreign relations chief, now as interim leader during an Orthodox Christmas service in Moscow's Christ The Savior Cathedral, early on January 7, 2009. Most Russians mark Orthodox Christmas on 7 January according to the old Julian calendar.