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People in occupied Ukraine town mark Christmas Eve in home after church is shelled

Believers queue to approach a priest as they attend the Orthodox Christmas Eve service in a chapel located in a former residential building in the town of Volnovakha in the Donetsk region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, January 6, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

Worshippers in the eastern occupied Ukrainian town of Volnovakha on Friday marked the Russian Orthodox Christmas Eve in a makeshift chapel that was set up in a home after their church suffered shelling damage.

Vera Barda, 74, said the congregation had initially met in a tent after the church was hit during what Russia calls its special military operation in Ukraine.

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