{"id":154629,"date":"2019-01-01T09:57:34","date_gmt":"2019-01-01T07:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sana.sy\/en\/?p=154629"},"modified":"2019-01-02T14:33:24","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T12:33:24","slug":"new-years-prayers-and-masses-at-churches-and-worship-places-in-damascus-and-other-provinces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/?p=154629","title":{"rendered":"Christian denominations in Syria celebrate New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Damascus, SANA- Christian denominations in Syria on Tuesday held masses and prayers on occasion of the New Year.<\/p>\n

A holly mass celebrating the New Year was held at the Greek Orthodox Mariamite Cathedral in Damascus that was headed by Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East John X Yazigi.<\/p>\n

A number of bishops, persists and deacons participated in the mass.<\/p>\n

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A mass was held at a cathedral \u00a0for Syriac Catholic in Aleppo for the restoration of security and stability to the city.<\/p>\n

The mass was led by patriarch Antoine Shahda in the presence of a number of Islamic scholars.<\/p>\n

The mass talked about the noble meanings of Christmas and the news year in addition to prayers for the peace in the country.<\/p>\n

Syria’s grand Mufti, sheikh Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun affirmed that Syria is the land of peace, adding that it has fought terrorism on behalf of the whole world.<\/p>\n

Patriarch Shahda, for his part, hoped the new year would be a year of the restoration of peace and security to the whole country.<\/p>\n

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