24 December 2008
Belarus President: Christmas gives millions of people confidence and trust
Belarusian Head of State Alexander Lukashenko has congratulated the Christians of Belarus celebrating Christmas on December 25, BelTA learnt from the presidential press service. “This wonderful family holiday warmed by love and concord gives millions of people confidence and hope. “Such festive days heighten the permanence of eternal evangelic messages, simple and great at the same time. In the complicated and controversial time we are living in, the humankind needs high ideals of justice, self-sacrifice and compassion which Christianity has been promoting more than two thousand years already,” the message reads. Alexander Lukashenko wished the compatriots to preserve the blessed Christmas atmosphere in their homes to help them retain the most valuable treasures: peace of mind, mutual understanding, friendship and loyalty, ability to forgive and to appreciate life.БЕЛТА