In Pictures: Orthodox churches begin Christmas celebrations

Coptic Christians pose for selfies in front of a Nativity display at the Church of Ava Bishoy and St Karas the Anchorite in Cairo, Egypt (Amr Nabil/AP)

Christmas is under way for Christians following Orthodox traditions.

In Ethiopia, crowds gathered to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ while Egypt’s Coptic Christians also went to church to mark the feast day.