What an amazing story…
On Easter Sunday opposing fans at a soccer match in Russia chanted “Christ Is Risen” and “Truly He Is Risen” at a stadium match.
Officials said it was the first occurance of its kind in the history of Russian soccer.
Russian Interfax reported, via Free Republic:
Fans greeted each other on Easter at a Sunday evening soccer match at Moscow Lokomotiv stadium.
At the beginning of the second half of the match thousands of fans of Dynamo team started chanting “Christ is Risen!”, an Interfax correspondent reports.
Thousands of fans of Lokomotiv teeam on the opposite side of the stadium responded by chanting “Truly He is Risen!”
The exchange took place several times.
The correspondent who has attended soccer matches for almost 50 years says it was the occurrence of this kind in the history of Russian soccer.
