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RFE/RL: Orthodox churches hold diminished Easter services amid pandemic

By Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
A Ukrainian Orthodox priest carries a candle with Holy Fire brought from Jerusalem in a church next to Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery in Kyiv on April 18, 2020, on the eve of Orthodox Easter.
Photo by AFP

Orthodox Christians observed the Easter holiday amid extraordinary coronavirus-related restrictions on services that forced many parishioners to watch services on TV or online.

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