SHOTLIST

TEHRAN, IRAN (JAN. 6, 2026) (ANADOLU-ACCESS ALL)

1. EXTERIOR OF SAINT SARKIS CHURCH

2. TIGHT SHOT FO NATIVITY SCENE OUTSIDE CHURCH

3. CLERGYMEN IN CHURCH

4. CANDELIER HANGING ON CEILING IN CHURCH

5. VARIOUS OF CHRISTMAS MASS LED BY CLERYMEN

6. MAN BURNING CANDLES

7. VARIOUS OF CHRISTMAS MASS IN PROGRESS

8. WORSHIPPERS PRAYING (2 SHOTS)

9. WORSHIPPERS TOUCHING AND KISSING ST. MARY AND BABY JESUS TAPESTRY ICON BANNER CARRIED BY CLERGYMAN

10. WOMEN CHOIR ON LODGE CHANTING HYMN (2 SHOTS)

11. WOMAN STANDING IN FRONT OF ALTAR READING OUT HOLY BOOK AS CLERGYMEN AND WORSHIPPERS LISTEN TO HER (2 SHOTS)

12. WORSHIPPERS STANDING DURING MASS

13. VARIOUS OF WORSHIPPERS PRAYING

14. VARIOUS OF MASS IN PROGRESS AS WORSHIPPERS LISTEN AND PRAY

15. ICONS OF JESUS ON WALL

16. TIGHT SHOT OF CLERGYMAN STANDING IN FRONT OF ALTAR
17. GIRL BURNING CANDLE

18. VARIOUS OF CLERGYMAN STANDING BEHIND LECTERN PRAYING AS WORSHIPPERS LISTEN TO HIM

19. WORSHIPPERS DROPPING DONATIONS IN BOX CARRIED BY WOMEN IN BLUE ROBE (2 SHOTS)
TEHRAN, IRAN - JAN. 6: Orthodox Christians in Iran celebrated Christmas on Tuesday, Jan. 6, attending a service at the Saint Sarkis Cathedral, an Armenian Apostolic church in Tehran.

The celebration took place on Jan. 6, which marks Christmas Eve for many Orthodox churches that follow the Julian calendar, with Christmas Day observed on Jan. 7.

The majority of Orthodox churches worldwide continue to use the Julian calendar, which was created under the reign of Julius Caesar in 45 BC, rather than the Gregorian calendar proposed by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582.

The Julian calendar runs 13 days behind the Gregorian calendar, which is why Orthodox Christmas falls on Jan. 7 instead of Dec. 25.