Friday, December 26, 2008

Christus Candelarium

Turkey, Dec. 25, 2008Christmas Celebrations
Murad Sezer/AP Photo

Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, led hundreds of worshippers at a crowded Christmas service at the Patriarchal Cathedral of St. George in Istanbul. Many were pilgrims from neighboring Greece.