NNA –

7:00 am        Melkite Greek Catholic Archbishop of Beirut, Cyril Busters, presides over the first Christmas Mass at St. John Church - Beirut Roman Catholic Archdiocese.

4:30 pm       Catholicos Patriarch of the House of Cilicia for Armenian Catholics, Patriarch Raphael Bedros XXI Minassian, delivers a Christmas message in Arabic and Armenian at the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate in Ashrafieh.

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