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Palestinian youth scouts march with flags as they escort the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theofilos III (unseen)during the Greek Orthodox Christmas Eve, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011.

Palestinian youth scouts celebrate Greek Orthodox Christmas Eve

By Mish Whalen

Christmas falls on Jan. 7 for Orthodox Christians in Eastern 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.

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