On the 29th Week of Pentecost, after the Nativity of Christ, on January 12, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Zala El Dib, a suburb of Beirut.
The service was performed by Archimandrite Philip (Vasiltsev), representative of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia to the Patriarchal See of Antioch, rector of the Russian Orthodox Church. Special petitions were offered at the special litany, and the rector read a prayer for Holy Russia, according to the Metochion's website.
After the dismissal of the Divine Liturgy, the glorification of the feast of the Nativity of Christ was celebrated. A sermon on the theme of the Week after the Nativity of Christ was delivered by Archimandrite Philip. 
Then the rector congratulated a number of parishioners of the Metochion on their last birthday, presented them with memorable gifts and proclaimed many years.
After the service, a Christmas fair was opened in the courtyard of the church, where various products created by the parishioners of the Courtyard, as well as traditional Russian dishes, could be purchased.
The opening ceremony was attended by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Lebanon A.N. Rudakov and his wife, Director of the Russian House in Beirut A.A. Sorokin, and numerous guests of the celebration. Before the opening of the event, Archimandrite Philip addressed the guests; after talking about the history of Christmas fairs in Western Europe and Russia, he thanked the parishioners of the Metochion for their efforts in organizing the exhibition.
On the same day, a Christmas concert was held in the parish hall of the Church of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos, prepared by students of the Sunday school at the Courtyard.
In his closing remarks after the concert, the rector noted the contribution of all those who had worked hard during the preparation and holding of the Christmas holidays and presented them with certificates of appreciation.
The Ambassador of the Russian Federation, A.N. Rudakov, in turn, also congratulated all parishioners on Christmas and expressed the wish that the experience of holding parish fairs would be further developed.