MINSK, 24 December (BelTA) – On the night of 24-25 December the Catholics and Protestants all over the world including the Orthodox of Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Poland, Syria, Lebanon and Egypt will start Christmas celebrations. The Minsk and Mogilev Archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church will hold Christmas services and meetings. On 24 December, the Minsk Catholic Church of Sts. Simon and Elena will host the Mass and a meeting of Bishop of the Minsk and Mogilev Archbishopric Antonii Demianko with believers. A procession and a solemn meeting will take place near the monument to Adam Mickiewicz. On 26 December, Archbishop Metropolitan Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz will have a meeting with children in the St. John the Baptist Church. In the evening Bishop Antonii Demianko will meet with medical workers and teachers in the Catholic Church of St. Simon and Elena. On 3 January, Archbishop Metropolitan Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz will say the Mass to state officials, businessmen, architects and constructors in the Minsk Catholic Church of St. Mary of Minsk. On Christmas Eve, on 24 December, all the Belarusian Catholic churches and churches all over the world will hold divine services. The Catholic Church of St. Mary will hold the Mass at 7pm (in Polish) and at 9.45pm (in Belarusian). The Mass in Belarusian will broadcast by the First National TV Channel and Belarusian Radio. The divine service will be led by Archbishop Metropolitan Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz of Minsk and Mogilev. On Christmas Day, on 25 December, the mass will take place in the Catholic Church of St. Mary at 8.15am, 11.30am, 1pm and 6.30pm. On Christmas Eve, on 24 December, the Catholic Church of St. Simon and Elena will hold the mass at 8pm (in Belarusian) and at 10pm (in Polish). On Christmas Day, the mass will be held there at 9am, 11am, 1pm, 3pm, 6pm and 7pm. On 24 December at 9.40pm, the First National TV Channel will present an interview with Metropolitan Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz. The First National TV Channel and Belarus-TV satellite will broadcast the Christmas Mass live from the Catholic Church of St. Mary. It will broadcast the Vatican Mass with the participation of Pope Benedict XVI as well. On 25 December, morning, Metropolitan Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz will deliver his Christmas message to the Belarusians on the First National TV Channel. On the same day, the First National TV Channel will also present special programme “Genesis”. On 25 December, the LAD TV Channel will broadcast the Urbi et Orbi Message of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI to the World. The Belarus-TV satellite channel will broadcast Pope’s Urbi et Orbi Message in the evening as well. БЕЛТА
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