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Krasnoyarsk Orthodox and Catholics celebrate Easter

April 20 12:40

This year, Catholics and Orthodox celebrate Easter on the same day. Festive services took place on Sunday night, April 20, in the Christian temples of Krasnoyarsk.

So, inLadyka Nikita headed the service in the Church of the Nativity of Christ. There were a midnight, a procession, Easter morning, the divine liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, the Krasnoyarsk diocese reported.

“Today we celebrate Easter Christ: the victory of the light over darkness, the victory of life over death. These are the holidays of the holiday and the celebration of the celebrations, and we, Orthodox Christians, rejoice at the resurrection of the Lord, knowing that by his resurrection he defeated the devil, defeated death and from now on we all have the opportunity to stay in eternal life with the Lord if we live by the commandment if we observe those gospel laws that the Lord left us, ”Metropolitan said,” Metropolitan said Krasnoyarsk and Achinsky Nikita.

Free route buses took the houses.

Also, the solemn mass was held in the Catholic Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord, during which We read congratulations from the governor of the region and the mufti of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. Service ended with the procession.

Nikita, Metropolitan of Krasnoyarsk and Achinsky

Nikita, Metropolitan of Krasnoyarsk and Achinsky