source: B92/Frontal
They include Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem and Russian Patriarch Kirill.
The
final event to mark the anniversary will be held on Sunday in Serbia's
southern town of Niš – the birthplace of Rome's first Christian emperor,
Constantine the Great.
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić,
Prime Minister Ivica Dačić, government officials, president of the Serb
Republic (RS) Milorad Dodik, and Montenegrin President Filip Vujanović,
will all attend.
Serbian Patriarch Irinej called on Thursday on
all believers and people of goodwill to join in the final part of the
marking of this great historic event.
Bishop of Bačka Irinej
Bulovic has said at a press conference that the celebrations will begin
as soon as delegations arrive on Friday.
The central ceremony
will take place on Sunday, when a liturgy will be held in front of the
newly-built Church of Sts. Constantine and Helen in Niš.
According to Bulović, archbishops of Cyprus and Greece, Metropolitan of
Warsaw, a delegation from Bulgaria and representatives from Alexandria
will also attend the celebrations.
The delegation of the Roman
Catholic Church will be headed by Cardinal Jozef Tomko, and
representatives of the Armenian Church will also be present.
Thanks to the Edict of Milan, the Christian faith and Church got the
freedom of worshipping, which changed the face of Europe in terms of
culture and civilization, Bulović said.
"Thus, the foundations were laid for Christian Europe that now lasts 1,500 years," Irinej Bulović underlined.
