Archbishop of Vienna Schönborn: Syria is the country of history and sanctities

Homs, SANA- A prayer for peace in Syria  was held in Saint Mary of the Holy Belt

Cathedral,  presided over by Archbishop Mar Timothy Matta Al-Khoury, Archbishop of Homs ,Hama and Tartous in  the presence of  Cardinal Archbishop of Vienna ,Christoph Schönborn.

After the prayer, Cardinal Schonborn said in a press statement that Syria is the country of history and sanctities,  adding,” I have heard about the war and tragedies occurred in Homs and the heavy loses that inflected its people, so I decided to visit it and listen to its people who had suffered pain, trying to condolence them”.

Baraa Ali / Mazen Eyon

 

 

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