{"id":258789,"date":"2021-12-24T11:35:42","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T09:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/107.6.182.27\/en\/?p=258789"},"modified":"2021-12-24T11:35:42","modified_gmt":"2021-12-24T09:35:42","slug":"lighting-christmas-tree-in-aleppo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/?p=258789","title":{"rendered":"Lighting Christmas tree in Aleppo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Aleppo, SANA- Aleppo Governorate held on Thursday an event to light Christmas tree and the New Year\u2019s Eve in al-Filat Street in the vicinity of the Chaldean Church and al-Tawhid Mosque.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nAvo Khoshvian, Executive Director of Cilicia and New Generation Cultural Associations, said in a statement to SANA reporter that on this day of each year, the Christmas tree is lit as a symbol of peace, which coincided with the anniversary of Aleppo\u2019s victory over terrorism.<a 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style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nIn turn, Elias Adas of the Maronite Archdiocese of Aleppo, stated that lighting the Christmas tree affirms the message of peace and expresses victory despite all the conditions that Syrians are living because the unjust economic blockade.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nisreen Othman \/ Mazen Eyon<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-258789 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/?attachment_id=258792'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2-263.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2-263.jpg 660w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2-263-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" 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