Vladimir Putin, attends the service of the Nativity of Christ in Russian Orthodox Church dedicated to Saints Simeon and Anna in St. Petersburg. Jan 7, 2018.

Later in the video were scenes from the Service at the Main Cathedral of the Holy Saviour in Moscow with the Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia celebrating the Christmas Liturgy.

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Orthodox Christian Christmas: Russia, Ukraine, Serbia among countries celebrating on January 7

In some Eastern European and Middle Eastern countries Christmas is officially celebrated on January 7.

That is because many Orthodox Christian churches follow the Julian calendar for religious celebrations.

The Julian calendar runs 13 days behind the Gregorian calendar, the standard international calendar in use today.

"When we open the church calendar on January 7, we're actually looking at the date December 25," Father Alexander Morozow of the Russian Orthodox Church in Canberra said.

"So we still have that same date, we're just using a calendar that hasn't caught up.

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