 Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. AA photo |
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan extended his well wishes Friday to Orthodox Christians celebrating their Christmas.
“I am celebrating the Christmas of our Orthodox citizens who mark Christmas Day on Jan. 6. This country is a whole with its 73 million citizens regardless of their religious belief and ethnic identity,” Erdoğan said in a statement released by the Prime Ministry’s Press Center.
“It is a pleasure for us that our non-Muslim citizens celebrate their festivals in peace, security and happiness. Our non-Muslim citizens have been performing their beliefs, traditions and customs in the best way for centuries and will continue to do so,” he said.
The Armenian Apolistic Church, the Russian, Georgian and some other Orthodox churches, as well as some Catholics and Protestants, celebrate Christmas in January in line with the Julian calendar, while Roman Catholics, Lutherans, Anglicans, Syriacs and Orthodox churches celebrate the feast on Dec. 25.
“I am celebrating the Christmas of our Orthodox citizens who mark Christmas Day on Jan. 6. This country is a whole with its 73 million citizens regardless of their religious belief and ethnic identity,” Erdoğan said in a statement released by the Prime Ministry’s Press Center.
“It is a pleasure for us that our non-Muslim citizens celebrate their festivals in peace, security and happiness. Our non-Muslim citizens have been performing their beliefs, traditions and customs in the best way for centuries and will continue to do so,” he said.
The Armenian Apolistic Church, the Russian, Georgian and some other Orthodox churches, as well as some Catholics and Protestants, celebrate Christmas in January in line with the Julian calendar, while Roman Catholics, Lutherans, Anglicans, Syriacs and Orthodox churches celebrate the feast on Dec. 25.
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