CHILDREN FROM KOSOVO VISIT ROYAL PALACES

Belgrade, 22 December 2006 – HRH Crown Princess Katherine Foundation organized yesterday and three days ago, on St. Nicholas Day, tours of the Royal Palaces for children who came from Kosovo to participate at St. Nicholas Children Gathering, and delivered to children small presents from Crown Princess Katherine.

On St. Nicholas Day, the group of children participants of the first Orthodox Fair who won at the literary competition called Letters from the Enclaves, visited the Royal Palaces and received the set of books about HM King Peter I and gifts from the Foundation.

The second group of children, who came from Serbian enclave Osojani, visited the Royal Palaces today accompanied by the Programme Organizer of the St. Nicholas Children Gathering Mrs. Ljiljana Dugalić. They received toys and sweets from HRH Crown Princess Katherine Foundation, while their teacher Dušanka Radulović received sets of books for Radoš Tošić School library.

As the patron of the Orthodox Fair, which was organized for the first time in Serbia by the publishing company Zvonik as part of St. Nicholas Children Gathering, HRH Crown Princess Katherine has sent a warm letter of support, since she was not able to attend the opening due to obligations abroad.

“My husband and I extend our most sincere congratulations and greetings to everyone gathered at this special event. We wholeheartedly support the initiative of the organizers and thank them for giving a chance to all these people at the Fair of Orthodoxy to show their work, such as publishing of orthodox literature and books about Serbian tradition and history, handicrafts from monasteries, objects and robes for liturgy, altarpieces, bells, and many other different objects coming from workshops which preserve traditional ways of production. I am convinced that the works of these fine masters will be enjoyed by many,” HRH Crown Princess Katherine stated in her letter of support read at the opening ceremony of the Orthodox Fair