People in Nepal and other countries are also joyfully celebrating Christmas in their own unique ways, making it a global festival of unity and happiness.
KATHMANDU: Christians around the world are celebrating Christmas Day today, commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, the founder of Christianity.
According to Christian belief, Jesus was born 2,025 years ago on Dec 25 in Bethlehem, Israel.
Born to the Virgin Mary through the Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ is said to have brought three profound blessings to humanity.
Christians observe this day as a celebration of love, peace, and salvation.
It is marked as the “Day of Love” to honor the love Jesus brought to humankind, the “Day of Peace” for his role in establishing peace, and the “Day of Salvation” for the liberation he offered.
People in Nepal and other countries are also joyfully celebrating Christmas in their own unique ways, making it a global festival of unity and happiness.
Below are the photos from different countires
People release traditional paper lanterns in celebration of the Christmas Eve at Kotzia square in Athens, Greece, Dec. 24, 2024. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)Worshippers of the Legio Maria African Church Mission attend the Christmas Eve vigil mass at St. Helena Mathare Parish in the informal settlement of Mathare in Nairobi, Kenya in the early hours of December 25, 2024. Legio Maria is an African independent religious movement among particularly the Luo people of western Kenya that developed gradually and eventually separated from the Roman Catholic Church in the 1960s. The religious movement was initiated by repeated appearances of a mystic woman delivering messages about the incarnation of the Son of God as a black man. (Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP)Christmas Tree A Christmas tree created at a commercial complex in Itahari, Sunsari, on Christmas Day. (Photo: Navin Gautam/RSS)Christians bring gifts during a Christmas Mass at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Ja-Ela, a suburb of Colombo on December 25, 2024. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)Lithuanian Christians attend at the Christmas celebration midnight Mass at the Cathedral-Basilica in Vilnius, Lithuania, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)Iraqi Christians attend a Christmas Eve mass at the Sacred Heart Church of the Syriac Catholics in Basra, Iraq, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)A Pakistani Christian in Santa Claus suit distributing sweets during Midnight Christmas Mass at St. Anthony’s church in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)Archbishop of Moscow Paolo Pezzi puts a Baby Jesus statue to a Nativity scene during a Christmas mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Pavel Bendyakov)Priest Jalal Ghazal attends a Christmas mass at the church of St. George, in Maaloula, some 60 km northern Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)Christmas in Argentina A man wearing the Argentine flag and a Santa Claus hat dances with a woman during the “No Families Without Christmas” solidarity dinner in front of the National Congress in Buenos Aires. (Photo by Tomás Cuesta / AFP)Christmas in Canada The photo shows colorful lights and decorations outside a residential house in Ontario, Canada. (Photo: Xinhua)Christmas in Ayutthaya, Thailand An elephant in a Christmas costume helps distribute gifts to students during a Christmas celebration at a school in Ayutthaya, Thailand. (Photo: Xinhua)Christmas in Malaysia On December 25, 2024, people play with artificial snow made of foam on Christmas Eve in Kuala Lumpur. (Photo: Arif Kartono / AFP)Christmas in India On December 25, 2024, a girl touches the statue of baby Jesus while praying during the Christmas service at St. Anthony’s Church in New Delhi. (Photo: R. Satish Babu / AFP)Christmas in Kosovo On December 24-25, 2024, Bishop Dodë Gërgji leads the Christmas midnight mass at the Mother Teresa Cathedral in Pristina, Kosovo, marking the birth of Jesus Christ. (Photo: Armend Nimani / AFP)Christmas in India On December 25, 2024, cyclists dressed as Santa Claus race on the streets of New Delhi during Christmas. (Photo: Arun Shankar / AFP)Christmas in Australia On December 25, 2024, seals swim at Bondi Beach in Sydney on Christmas Day. (Photo: David / AFP)
