International peace light reaches Polish presidential palace
PR dla Zagranicy
Grzegorz Siwicki
19.12.2018 08:00
The Polish presidential couple has welcomed a special flame known as the Peace Light of Bethlehem, part of an international Christmas tradition.
President Andrzej Duda and First Lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda during the ceremony at the presidential palace in Warsaw on Tuesday. Photo: PAP/Bartłomiej Zborowski
The light was brought to the presidential palace in Warsaw on Tuesday by a group of Polish scouts who earlier received it from their Slovak counterparts.
During the ceremony, President Andrzej Duda said that the annual tradition symbolised warmth and radiance emanating from people’s hearts.
In a tradition started by Austrian scouts in 1986, the flame is lit at the Grotto of the Nativity in Bethlehem every year.
Polish scouts have been part of the tradition since 1991.
(gs/pk)
Source: prezydent.pl