The Christian world celebrated Christmas with enthusiasm.
The Christmas Mass at the Surp Levon Armenian Catholic Church in Kadikoy was presided by the Reverend Mikail Ucar. The church choir with Maestro Arek Dolduryan and the organist Sevan Harutyun Arapoğlu animated the mass. At the end of the celebration where an intense crowd participated, a tradition repeated every year with the arrival of Santa Claus and the children in the church lived happy moments.