OSIJEK, Apr 12 (Hina) - Orthodox believers today celebrated the Good Friday with a service at the Serb Orthodox church of the Ascension of Our Lady in Osijek, bowing down before the Holy Sepulchre and offering prayers for the peaceful
reintegration of the Croatian Danubian area.
OSIJEK, Apr 12 (Hina) - Orthodox believers today celebrated the
Good Friday with a service at the Serb Orthodox church of the
Ascension of Our Lady in Osijek, bowing down before the Holy
Sepulchre and offering prayers for the peaceful reintegration of
the Croatian Danubian area. #L#
Present at the service was the head of the Government Office
for the establishment of Croatian authority in the Danubian area,
Ivica Vrkic. He wished a happy Easter to all Orthodox believeres
and announced he would attend the Orthodox Easter mass in Dalj on
Sunday.
"The Croatian state guarantees religious liberties to all its
citizens," Vrkic said.
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