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By Mon Valley Independent

Joe Hann watches as his grandsons, altar boys Antonio Liscotti, 8, and his brother Dominic, 11, light candles Thursday at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Monongahela as part of Christmas Day Mass. St. Nicholas is among many churches in Western Pennsylvania that retain the Julian calendar for observing church feast days.

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