Dubai: Churches in the UAE will hold special mass and prayers over the weekend to celebrate Christmas.
Christmas services and carol singing are being held across churches in the UAE in multiple languages, including English, Arabic, Marathi, Urdu, Italian, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, Sinhala and more.
Church prayers begin early morning on Christmas Eve (December 24).
Here is a guide to Christmas mass and service timings across UAE churches:
Abu Dhabi
St. Joseph’s Cathedral
Christmas Eve, December 24
10.15am - Christmas vigil mass
7.15pm - Penintential Rite with General Absolution –Christmas mass
9.15pm - Penintential Rite with General Absolution
9.30pm - Christmas Mass
11pm - Carol singing by all faithful
11.45pm - Penintential Rite with General Absolution
12am - Solemn midnight mass
Christmas Day, December 25
Christmas mass
4.30am (Malayalam); 6.30am (English); 7.45am (English); 9am (Malayalam, Konkani, English all in different locations); 10.30am (English, French, Arabic) ; 12pm (German, English, Italian); 4pm (Spanish, English); 5.30pm (Tamil, Urdu, English); 6 pm (Sinhala); 7pm (English) 7.30pm (Arabic); 8.30pm (Tagalog)
St. George Orthodox Cathedral
Christmas Eve, December 24
5.30pm – Christmas service
Dubai
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Christmas Eve, December 24
6am; 6.45am
3.30pm (English)
5pm (French)
7pm (English)
9pm (Arabic)
11.15pm – Carol singing
12am – Solemn high mass (English)
Christmas Day, December 25
5.30am; 7am; 8.30am; 10am (English); 11.30am (Arabic)
3pm; 4.30pm; 6pm; 7.30pm (English)
9pm (Arabic)
Dubai Marthoma Church, Jebel Ali
Christmas Eve, December 24
8pm - Christmas Holy Qurbana (Malayalam)
Christmas Day, December 25
8am Christmas Holy Qurbana (English)
St. Thomas Orthodox Cathedral Dubai
Christmas Eve, December 24
6pm – Evening prayer (Malayalam)
6.45pm to 8pm – Night prayer (Malayalam)
8pm – 10pm - Holy Mass
10pm onwards - Distribution of Christmas cake
St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church – Jebel Ali
Christmas Eve, December 24
8.30am (English mass); 10am (French mass); 11.30am (Arabic mass)
2 pm (Korean); 4 pm (English) 6 pm; (Syro Malankara); 8.15pm (Malayalam);
10.30 pm – Carol singing and general absolution
11 pm – English midnight mass
Christmas Day, December 25
7 am – English
8.30 AM – English
10 am – Sinhalese mass in the church and Italian mass in the hall
11.30 am – English
1 pm – Tagalog
3 pm – Tamil mass in the church and Spanish mass in the hall
4.30 pm – Arabic
6 pm – English
7.30 pm – English
Christ Church, Jebel Ali
Christmas Eve, December 24
9.30 am - Carol sing along with service
10.30 pm - Christmas Eve midnight mass
Christmas Day, December 25
9.30 am – Christmas Day mass
Sharjah
St. Michael’s Church Sharjah
Christmas Eve, December 24
Christmas Vigil Masses
3.30 am – Syro Malankarra (Church)
5.30 pm – English (Church)
7 pm – English (Church)
8.15 pm – Malayalam (Church)
10 pm – Arabic (Assisi Chapel)
10.15pm – English (Church)
11.30 pm – Carol singing (Church)
11.55 pm – English Vigil (Church)
Christmas Day, December 25 masses
3 am – Syro Malabar (Church)
5.45 am – English (Church)
7 am – English (Church)
8.15 am – English (Church)
9.30 am – English (Church)
9.30 am – Marathi (Assisi Chapel)
10.45 am – Konkani (Parish Hall)
12 pm – Arabic (Church)
12 pm – Tagalog (Parish Hall)
1.30 pm – Sinhalese (Church)
1.30 pm – African (Parish Hall)
3 pm – Syro Malabar (Church)
5.30 pm – English (Church)
7 pm – English (Church)
8.15 pm – Malayalam (Church)
8.15 pm – Urdu (Assisi Chapel)
St. Gregorious Orthodox Church
Christmas Eve, December 24
7.30 am until 12 pm - Holy Service of Christmas (Malayalam)
Christmas Day, December 25
3 pm to 5.30 pm - Christmas carol
6.30 pm to 9 pm - Holy Mass
Sharjah Mar Thoma Parish
Christmas Eve, December 24
7.30 pm - Christmas Holy Communion
Christmas Day, December 25
5 am - Christmas Holy Communion
