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The faithful attended the Easter midnight mass in the Georgian capital Tbilisi

The World of Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter - The Most important festival in their calendar, in the midst of a series of restrictions and prohibitions.

officials in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, urged the people not on benefits, out of fear that this would lead to a spike in coronavirus infections.

But, in Georgia, to visit those that are still able to churches.

The traditional sacred fire ceremony in a nearly empty Church of The Holy sepulchre in Jerusalem.

The Church was closed in the last month and only a handful of Orthodox priests, Some of them wearing black masks, were at The Ceremony on Saturday .

Some of the pilgrims have to take gather in the Old City of Jerusalem, the Holy Fire , as it left The Church of The Holy sepulchre

A candle is traditionally the sacred fire lit in The Crypt of The Holy sepulchre by the Greek to symbolize Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos Iii , The Resurrection of Jesus.

Instead, The Flame is passed on to thousands of pilgrims, This Time The Ceremony was to reports from the Armenian-Orthodox Patriarch, four assistants, and of the Coptic and Syrian archbishops, Israeli media.

The Church , the bells rang, and The Flame was carried out of The Church , Theophilos Iii , and others taken to the Ben-Gurion airport to be flown to Tel-Aviv and 10 countries.

How is marked the Orthodox Easter around The World ?

Russia's Orthodox Church agreed to break its annual traditions, and urges millions of the faithful to go to Church. Worshippers typically visit late-night processions to receive blessings.

This year, Church services are held only spiritual in The Presence of priests and other.

Orthodox volunteers in Moscow on Saturday , The Blessing of the traditional cakes and eggs to people in need in the Ukraine, the blessed Orthodox priests, the faithful with the Holy Water , visited In Ethiopia, those to note were strict social distance in the churches

In the Ukraine, the police is now provided, to prevent in the vicinity of churches in the capital, Kiev, and elsewhere, that the believers of the Assembly in large numbers.

In Greece, The Authorities are using drones to monitor The Situation . Road have been Set Up lock to prevent the usual exodus of several million people to the countryside and the Islands .

have been deployed to Greek police, the thousands of tight restrictions on The Movement

When the Holy Fire arrived in Athens on Saturday Evening , it was the Jerusalem Patriarchate in Athens and has not been distributed to churches elsewhere.

The Church supports the ban, and thousands of police were deployed to prevent the Greeks with The Holiday , to visit relatives or second homes.

The Holy Fire was also on Saturday in The Church of The Holy Nativity in the Palestinian city of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank

Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II had a Good Friday service without a meeting in a monastery, to the North-East of Cairo The Service was televised live on Coptic Orthodox TV channels and showed, deacons and priests, the prevent, with gaps between them, that the spread of Covid-19.

In Romania, the people have said, they will not be allowed to leave their homes, to the Holy Fire of the Easter -night, to receive or take bread splashed with Holy Water and wine, As Is traditional.

however, It will be distributed to the homes of the faithful who desire it. President Klaus Iohannis appealed to the Romanians, the idea that your loved ones close to you, in order to prevent the spread of The Virus .

Bulgaria has an output imposed barrier over the capital, Sofia, to stop the traffic in and out of The City to stop people heading off On Holiday .

the churches in Serbia and Montenegro have said, believers celebrate Easter At Home .

But the North-Macedonia-says the Orthodox Church, it will not prevent any violence to, that the people in The Church .

Why Georgia is different

By Rayhan Demytrie, Bbc News , Tbilisi

It's never been so quiet in Tbilisi.

The government has banned The Movement of all private cars from the Easter Sunday . Cemeteries, the Georgians traditional visit on Easter Monday , are also closed.

Those against The State of Emergency Law , the face, among other restrictions, prohibits gatherings of More Than three people, with heavy fines in the amount of almost £800 ($1,000; €900).

And yet many Georgians into question why the government made an exception for the Orthodox Church. Thousands have worship more freely in churches across the Country since the outbreak of The Crisis .

earlier this month, Bishop Shio Mujiri, the Patriarch, the chosen successor, gave The Holy communion on a common spoon

The Church refused to adapt his habits. To give, priests, Holy communion on a common spoon.

at least two priests, who already tested positive Covid-19. But the Easter midnight mass went ahead.

members of the community welcomed Tbilisi's Sameba Cathedral, in spite of a curfew. The Country 's health authorities have insistently asked to listen to the people, science for the sake of your Country .

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Source of news: bbc.com