On Christmas night, from 6 to 7 January, solemn festive services were held in the Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh in Johannesburg: Matins and Divine Liturgy.
Parishioners from Pretoria and Johannesburg gathered to celebrate the birth of Christ the Saviour.
At the end of the service, Archpriest Daniel Lugovoi read the Christmas messages of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and Bishop Constantine of Zaraisk, Acting Patriarchal Exarch of Africa.
All were then invited to a festive meal in the parish refectory.