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Int’l peace light reaches Polish presidential palace

15.12.2021 08:00
The Polish presidential couple have 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.
President Andrzej Duda and First Lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda during the ceremony at the presidential palace in Warsaw on Tuesday.Photo: Jakub Szymczuk/KPRP

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 a ceremony, President Andrzej Duda said that the annual tradition "is a symbol of warmth, safety and shelter—all those things that people need so much."

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.

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Source: PAP, prezydent.pl