Christians celebrate Easter Sunday across major European cities

MSN - 21/04
Events were held across many European capitals to mark the Christian Easter holiday, which celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ after his crucifixion. View on euronews

Faithful Christians marked Easter on Sunday around the world to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Easter is considered the most important holiday in the Christian liturgical calendar. This year, in a rare occurrence, the holiday fell on the same day for both Catholic and Orthodox Christians, for the first time since 2017.

Easter was fondly welcomed in Europe, with many major capitals holding events and festivals to mark the joyous religious occasion.

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