NNA -

10:00 am   Catholicos Patriarch of the House of Cilicia for Armenian Catholics, Patriarch Raphael Bedros XXI Minassian, presides over a Christmas mass at the Cathedral of St. Gregory in Downtown Beirut - Dabbas Square.

10:00 am     Beirut Metropolitan of the Greek Orthodox sect, Archbishop Elias Audi, presides over the Divine Liturgy marking Christmas at St. George's Cathedral.

11:00 am     Bishop George Baconi presides over a Christmas Mass at the St. John Chrysostom Melkite Greek Catholic church in Beirut.

12:00 pm     Festival by the Islamic Resistance Movement "Hamas", titled "Towards Jerusalem ", at the Fox Stadium in the city of Sidon, marking the 53rd anniversary since the launch of the Movement.

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