POPE GREETS ORTHODOX PRIESTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE FROM SERBIA

VATICAN CITY, JAN 14, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father this morning, following the angelus prayer, greeted a number of pilgrims from Spain in their language and then, in Russian, extended a cordial welcome to a group of priests and young people from the Serbian Orthodox diocese of Sabac-Valjevo in Serbia.

"May your pilgrimage," he said, "strengthen your Christian faith and support you in your commitment to build together with the other citizens of your country a future of peace and development. When you return to your country, convey my affectionate greetings to His Beatitude, Patriarch Pavle, and to your Bishop Lavrentije, to your families and friends and to the dear Serbian people."

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