‘Papa Call Me’. Belarus girl founds herself famous after World Youth Day


Yana Shostak, phot. Agencja Gazeta

During the 2016 World Youth Day in Poland’s Cracow, Belarusian student Yana Shostak holding a big poster with her telephone number went on international TV screens.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]

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[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The young artist Yana, who was born in the Belarusian city of Hrodna, has been living in Cracow for five years, where she studies at the Academy of Fine Arts. On the World Youth Day she was a volunteer. Her phone number and ask Papa Call Me televised by domestic and foreign channels attracted attention of people from all over the world.

“With the help of this sign, this ask I wanted to highlight his warm approach to people, to show that one can address him in an informal way, as if one asked their own dad. I wanted to bring into focus his simplicity, openness and modern ways of communication with believers,” Yana says.

[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”263184″ img_size=”large”][vc_column_text]Yana Shostak (second from left) and her friend also created the portrait of Pope Francis in the style of the 2016 World Youth Day[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]By the moment, Pope Francis has not phoned, but according to information from sources close to the Vatican, it is within the realm of possibility. The Pope is likely to call in a few weeks, when media frenzy fades away.

These days Yana is receiving a lot of greetings from every corner of the globe for her creativity and originality.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]belsat.eu, following t-styl.info

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