Top officials extend Christmas greetings
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic wished a Merry Christmas to all believers celebrating this holiday according to the Gregorian calendar.
Wednesday, 24.12.2014.
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Top officials extend Christmas greetings
Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic wished Belgrade Archbishop and Metropolitan Stanislav Hocevar and all believers to spend holidays with their families, in peace, joy and well-being.Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic wished happy Christmas holidays to all believers with the hope that they will bring about the mutual respect, understanding and tolerance.
The Christmas greetings wishing peace, good luck, love, joy and well-being to believers in Serbia were also sent by other senior officials, government officials and representatives of certain political parties.
Defense Minister Bratislav Gasic wished a Merry Christmas to all members of the defense ministry and Serbian Armed Forces.
Meho Omerovic, chair of the Serbian parliament's committee on human and minority rights and gender equality, noted that the biggest Christian holiday is “an opportunity to recall that our society fosters differences in terms of nation, religion and culture, and that could be and it is our advantage.
“Mutual respect and understanding will help us develop a healthy, rich society, in which we can expect happiness for all citizens of Serbia,” Omerovic said in his Christmas message.
Serbia's minority Catholics and Protestants celebrate Christmas on December 25, while the country's majority Orthodox population will do so on January 7.
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