Posts Tagged ‘christmas’

Orthodox Nativity Service in London

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

The Christmas season isn’t over yet, at least not for everybody — if you’re a member of an Orthodox church, the 25th of December was just another cold winter day in fact  Orthodox Christians around the world are today celebrating their Christmas, with a key service in Moscow. Here is an image of the Nativity Service held  in London.

The number of Orthodox Christians around the world is estimated to be about 300 million, with huge followings in central and eastern Europe. It is the second largest Christian church behind Roman Catholicism.

Boxing day London sales

Saturday, December 26th, 2009

Retailers keen to grab a share of the shopping pound are coming up with savvy ways to convince us to spend our money, including significant discounts and offers for the reluctant sales shopper.

Boxing Day madness in London! Gallery is here

Brave swimmers enjoy a chilly dip

Friday, December 25th, 2009

For more and more people it is clearly the cool way to start Christmas Day, so cool, in fact, as to be positively freezing. Members of the Serpentine Swimming Club swim in the icy Serpentine waters during the annual Christmas Day Peter Pan Cup on December 25.
The traditional 100 yards Christmas race got its name in 1904 after Sir James Barrie presented the first Peter Pan Cup and is only open to club members who have competed in at least three of the winter series races

Swimmers braved the chilly weather to enjoy a festive dip in the Serpentine at Hyde Park.

Meerkats at London Zoo

Friday, December 18th, 2009

Early Christmas for the Meerkats of the London Zoo!