Second Christmas with COVID. How Catholics and Protestants celebrated the holiday

On December 25, Catholics and Protestants celebrated Christmas. How the holiday was celebrated for the second year in a row under restrictions due to covid-19Rob Engelaar / EPA / TASS Christmas midnight mass at St. John's Cathedral in 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands. Due to the tightening of anti-coronavirus measures, the service was held without parishioners Photo:

Pope Francis during a service at St. Peter's Cathedral in the Vatican.

Photo: Maxim Kiselev / TASS Christmas service at the Church of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Moscow.A photo:Rafiq Maqbool / AP Parishioners celebrate Christmas in Mumbai Photo: Eranga Jayawardena / APEranga Jayawardena / APEranga Jayawardena / AP

Most of the parishioners of the Catholic Church in the city of Colombo in Sri Lanka participate in the Christmas Mass in protective masks

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A couple is photographed at a church in Bangkok after Christmas services. Amid the spread of the omicron strain of CORONAVIRUS, visitors to temples were ordered to wear masks and keep their distance

Credit: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images A Mass at a Protestant church in Seoul is being held under restrictions called for by South Korean authorities due to the coronavirus.