PHOTOS: The people of Ukraine observed Orthodox Easter on Sunday, one of the country’s most important holidays.
shared on social media, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said last year's Easter celebration took place under a pandemic, and this year, Ukrainians once again are celebrating in a manner they are not used to because of a “plague called war.”
Zelensky then noted that the pandemic last year and the current invasion both show that “nothing can defeat Ukraine…good will overcome evil.” Across the country, worshippers gathered in churches and took part in processions to mark the occasion. Some churchgoers also publicly gathered with their traditional Easter baskets—filled with sausages, Easter bread, cakes and cheeses to be blessed by the priest.... [+]A Priest performs a blessing as people arrive for Easter Mass at the Intercession of the TheotokosWorshippers receive a sanctification as they mark Orthodox Easter day at the cathedral of the HolyProtection of the Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia.
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