PARIS, April 15 – RIA Novosti, Victoria Ivanova. Vicar of the Archdiocese of Paris Philip Mars wants to attend the service, which will be held in the Cathedral of Notre Dame in the spring of 2024, upon completion of the restoration works after the fire of April 2019. This priest told RIA Novosti.
In an interview with France Info in the eve of the anniversary of the fire, the curator of the reconstruction of Notre Dame Jean-Louis Georgelin promised that on 16 April 2024 under the arches of the temple will sound the hymn Te Deum.
“If I can be on this service, I, of course, it will! And the Archbishop also. It’s not impossible. So why not?” said Mars.
last Friday – good Friday for Catholics at Notre Dame was the service from the crown of thorns. She became the second service inside the Cathedral after the devastating fire.
Father Philip said that now around Notre Dame built a second forest, is designed for the removal of the first set before the fire. “We don’t know who is who now holds: not that forests support the Cathedral, not the Cathedral supports the forest. Thus, it is necessary to remove several hundred tons of burnt, spavace from fire designs. For a second row of scaffolding. Now the whole huge mass of stone buildings they hold. After that, it is necessary to check each stone in the masonry to see whether it is necessary to replace it. As said the architect, if the second forest will hold, reconstruction of the roof of Notre-Dame can be completed in two years. It will be necessary to change the beam, but there is nothing impossible – just a whole structure stood,” – said the Agency interlocutor.
According to him, even after a year after a fire “there is no final renovation project no.”
the Largest fire in the history of Notre Dame occurred on 15 April last year. Collapsed spire of the Cathedral, the flames had enveloped the supporting structure. As reported by firefighters, the structure of Notre Dame and major works of art kept in the Cathedral relics survived. The Paris Prosecutor’s office exclude the criminal version of the fire. As a possible cause of the fire is considered extinguished cigarette or an electrical problem.
