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Another Christmas Eve

 (Jan 7, 2009) -- A member of the Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox Church in Kitchener lights a candle Tuesday night as a prayer to a deceased loved one during Orthodox Christmas Eve. Many Orthodox and Eastern-rite churches celebrate Christmas this week.

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