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Posted by N on August 29, 2002, 6:24:55 MIA The dedication of the Millennium Cross, erected in honor of the 2000th jubilee of Christianity, was held Wednesday at the Holiday Assumption of St. Holy Mother of God on the Vodno Mountain. The dedication ceremony, conducted by Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia Stefan, along with members of the Holy Archpriest Synod and priests of the Macedonian Orthodox Church (MOC) eparchies, was attended by large number of believers and the country's highest officials. After dedication, a Charter with details about today's ceremony, MOC, presence of the Macedonian top officials, constructors and donors was placed in one of the supporting pillar - 67 meter-high. Macedonian Prime Minister Ljubco Georgiveski had the honor to light up the Millennium Cross. In his address at the ceremony, Georgiveki said that by this construction "we wish to change the image about Macedonia, to show to the world that we -Macedonians - are creative people, asking nothing else from the international community, but a bit of freedom to present the creative gens of our people. "The metal over our heads looks like a wood carving, made by our craftsmen before 100-200 years ago. It seems that this metal has soul, built in this construction by each of us," Georgievski said. This cross presented a part of the world's ambition and policy for celebrating the 2000th anniversary of the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, he said. "That was the reason for starting of this construction, to join the rest of the Christian world. I believe we have made a miracle, by which we will be remembered and recognized in many other countries. If the Plaosnik Temple was aimed at marking the last thousand, two thousand years of the Christianity in our country, if that temple was a memorial to our history, than this cross is a memorial of the new thousand, two thousand, three thousand years... of Macedonians and the Macedonian state, a cornerstone to the future generations. It is also a prayer to our protector St. Holy Mother of God and Jesus Christ for protection of the Macedonian people and state, as we live in a very troubled time," Georgievski said. God said that Macedonia and its people needed heavy cross, Archbishop Stefan said. "This is not a cross for the jubilee only, but for all times and all other crosses in Lerin, Voden, Pustec and all over Macedonia. Let's this cross becomes a cross of our reconciliation " Stefan said. Architects Jovan Stefanovski-Zan and Oliver Petrovski are designers of the cross, illuminated by 600 reflectors. The companies "Beton" from Stip and "Emo" from Phrid constructed the cross, realized by donations of the Macedonian Government, companies and individuals.
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DEDICATION OF MILLENNIUM CROSS.
This is an act by which we wish to call the world to see our creative geniality."
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