North Koreans celebrated Christmas despite ‘Satan’s hordes,’ state media says – By Elizabeth Shim (UPI) / Dec 26 2019
Dec. 26 (UPI) — North Korean Christians celebrated Christmas at state-approved churches, where pastors condemned the “crushing sanctions of the United States,” according to a Pyongyang propaganda service.
Ryomyong, a North Korea site run by the regime’s national reconciliation council, said Thursday Christmas Day services took place at two Protestant churches, Pongsu Church and Chilgol Church in Pyongyang.
The church service at Pongsu included members of North Korea’s Korean Christian Federation’s central committee and Pyongyang residents, Ryomyong said.
“The clergy and believers, amid the great joy of Christmas, deeply reflected on a year when they achieved proud prosperity and creation under the banner of self-generating efforts in spite of the persistent sanctions of Satan’s hordes,” Ryomyong said.
The church has previously received foreign visitors, including the Rev. Billy Graham.
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Pongsu Church (pictured) in Pyongyang observed Christmas with a church service, a North Korean propaganda service said Thursday. File Photo by KCNA/EPA
