ALJMAS ++ALJMAS, Dec 24 (Hina) - The "Bethlehem Lantern" was carried into the +eastern Croatian towns of Aljmas, Dalj and Erdut on Thursday.+ The lantern was carried into the Croatian Danubian area for the +first time, and brought
into a chapel behind Aljmas's devastated +church by scouts from Osijek, Valpovo and Bilje.+ In this chapel, we have lit the Bethlehem Lantern for the first +Christmas eve in seven long years, Aljmas's vicar, Ante Markic, +said. + He stressed that midnight mass would be served in Aljmas "tonight +for the first time in the free and whole Croatia". + Scouts have been carrying the Bethlehem Lantern, lit in the +Bethlehem stable, for eight years now.+(hina) lml+
ALJMAS, Dec 24 (Hina) - The "Bethlehem Lantern" was carried into the
eastern Croatian towns of Aljmas, Dalj and Erdut on Thursday.
The lantern was carried into the Croatian Danubian area for the
first time, and brought into a chapel behind Aljmas's devastated
church by scouts from Osijek, Valpovo and Bilje.
In this chapel, we have lit the Bethlehem Lantern for the first
Christmas eve in seven long years, Aljmas's vicar, Ante Markic,
said.
He stressed that midnight mass would be served in Aljmas "tonight
for the first time in the free and whole Croatia".
Scouts have been carrying the Bethlehem Lantern, lit in the
Bethlehem stable, for eight years now.
(hina) lml