SERBIA-RELIGION-ORTHODOX-CHRISTMAS

SERBIA-RELIGION-ORTHODOX-CHRISTMAS

People attend a ceremonial burning of dried oak branches, the Yule log symbol for the Orthodox Christmas Eve in front of a church in Sabac, 80 kilometres west of capital Belgrade, on January 6, 2013. The Orthodox faith uses the old Julian calendar in which Christmas falls 13 days after its more widespread Gregorian calendar counterpart on December 25. AFP PHOTO / ANDREJ ISAKOVIC