Patriarch John X received well-wishers on Christmas morning and evening on Christmas Day.
After the Divine Liturgy, he received parishioners. In the evening, Mother Fibronia Nabhan, head of Our Lady of Saydnaya Patriarchal Monastery, Father Elias Zahlawi, priests and nuns.
In addition to the priests of the parishes of the Archdiocese of Damascus and Rural Damascus, along with church agencies, pastoral activities, fraternities, Sunday schools, scouts, patriarchal bodies and their workers, the Department of Ecumenical Relations and Development, St. Gregorios Associations, St. Pendleimon Orphanage, the Charity Clinic, the Greek community, families and the faithful people.