President Yoon Suk Yeol and first lady Kim Keon Hee on Dec. 25 pray at a Christmas Day service held at Youngahm Presbyterian Church in Seoul's Seongbuk-gu District.
By Jung Joo-ri
Photos = Office of the President
President Yoon Suk Yeol and first lady Kim Keon Hee on Christmas Day attended Christmas Mass and a church worship service.
The Office of the President on Dec. 25 said the president and his wife in the morning attended a Christmas Day service at Youngahm Presbyterian Church in Seoul's Seongbuk-gu District.
The chief executive attended the church from the first to seventh grade and returned there for the first time in 49 years. He also spent time with his former teachers at Daegwang Elementary School.
After the service, the president said, "On Christmas Day, Jesus came to the lowest place on Earth to save the poor and all the weak," adding, "To love one's neighbor and fulfill our responsibilities are the ways to realize the reason Jesus came to this world."
President Yoon Suk Yeol and first lady Kim Keon Hee on the evening of Dec. 24 pray at Christmas Mass held at Yakhyeon Catholic Church in Seoul's Jung-gu District.
"I think that the love and solidarity of our community free all of us and guarantee the peace and prosperity of the community," he added. "As president, I will work harder so that our society can achieve freedom, prosperity and peace based on love, philanthropy and solidarity."
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