Hundreds attended a service marking Christmas for Ukrainian refugees and host families from across Suffolk.
While western countries traditionally celebrate Christmas day on December 25, many Ukrainians instead celebrate on January 7, as the Greek and Orthodox Churches follow the Julian Calendar.
A special two-hour service was held on Friday, January 6 at St Edmundsbury Cathedral in Bury St Edmunds.
It featured popular Ukrainian Christmas carols such as Nova Radist (New Joy), Dobryi Vechir Tobi (Good Evening), Sleep Jesus Sleep and Heaven and Earth are now celebrating.
The Cathedral service began with the Ukrainian Liturgy and Blessing of the Bishops and continued with the Nativity Performance using traditional Ukrainian puppet theatre Vertep.
The Reverend Canon Philip Banks, canon precentor at St Edmundsbury Cathedral, said that the people of Ukraine continue to be at the forefront of their prayers and added that the service was intended to give them "mutual support, encouragement, comfort and joy".
As of October 25, there were 1,169 Ukrainian refugees who had arrived in Suffolk.
This newspaper reached out to several of those who had made their way to Suffolk, and the host families who welcomed them, to discuss how they would be marking Christmas this year.
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