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More than 1 mln people attend Christmas services in Moscow

GreenWatch Desk World News 2024-01-08, 2:52pm

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(BSS/TASS) - More than 1 mln believers took part in Christmas services in hundreds of Moscow churches, head of the capital's department for national policy and interregional relations Vitaly Suchkov told TASS.
"Despite the frost, more than 1 million people attended Christmas services in Moscow," Suchkov said.
He clarified that a total of about 550 churches in the capital were open on these holidays.