PHOTO: Christians celebrate Easter

Orthodox believers today celebrate the greatest Christian holiday of Easter – Christ’s Resurrection, the day Jesus Christ proved his divine power and raised the dead. The Resurrection of Christ was published in all the temples of the Macedonian Orthodox Church, and today the resurrection liturgies are being held.

MOC-OA Head Stefan served in the cathedral « St. Clement of Ohrid » in Skopje from where he published the Resurrection of Christ and sent Easter messages.

« This year’s Easter we have been different from so far, after a terrible fire in Kocani in which about 60 of our children suffered, and more than two hundred were injured. The tragedy of a short time, as rarely, united in sorrow and in prayers all our people, but also all those who have faced us. Death. Stephen in the Passover Epistle.

This year, Easter, besides the Orthodox, on the same day is celebrated by Catholic believers. Such overlap does not happen often, as the Eastern and Western Churches use different calendars (Julian and Gregorian), but this year the dates match. The last celebration of Easter on the same day was in 2017, and the next one will be on April 16, 2028.