SERB ORTHODOX BELIEVERS CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS IN ZAGREB

( Editorial: --> 2792 ) ZAGREB, 7 Jan (Hina) - Serb Orthodox believers celebrated Christmas in a crowded Church of the Holy Transfiguration in Zagreb on Wednesday. The Christmas service was conducted by parish priest Milenko Popovic. Popovic wished everyone a merry Christmas and read a traditional address by the Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Pavle. In all their troubles the Serb people "have found strength to see what their sins and mistakes are, to repent and to return to the path of their holy predecessors, and to mark and celebrate the holidays of their faith in very difficult conditions," the address said. Despite all their suffering and problems, the Serb people "still feel the joy of Christmas and try to celebrate it in an appropriate way, which you, who fill our temples in the homeland and abroad on this festive morning, bear witness to", the address said. (hina) mm rm 071415 MET jan 98