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The World Celebrates Easter Amid Lockdown

Published April 19th, 2020 - 05:34 GMT

Christians are celebrating Easter, which is a festival and holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day after his burial following his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary.

Despite the fact that the east and the west celebrate in a different dates. However, this year they had common celebration amid lockdown over coronavirus pandemic as global cases passed 2.3 million yesterday according to Johns Hopkins University.

Moreover, the data shows the global number of deaths over coronavirus reached 158,422, while total recoveries stand at 589,576.

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A priest of the Greek Catholic Church blesses believers wearing face masks as they keep social distance during the celebration of Orthodox Easter outside the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, in western Ukrainian city of Lviv, on April 18, 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus. Yuri DYACHYSHYN / AFP

A priest of the Greek Catholic Church blesses believers wearing face masks as they keep social distance during the celebration of Orthodox Easter outside the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, in western Ukrainian city of Lviv, on April 18, 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus. Yuri DYACHYSHYN / AFP

A man wearing a protective mask holds up candles lit from the Holy Fire in the church of the Holy Sepulchre, as very few Orthodox Christians gather in Jerusalem's Old City to celebrate Easter due to the lockdown imposed by authorities in a bid to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus, on April 18, 2020. Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP

A man wearing a protective mask holds up candles lit from the Holy Fire in the church of the Holy Sepulchre, as very few Orthodox Christians gather in Jerusalem's Old City to celebrate Easter due to the lockdown imposed by authorities in a bid to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus, on April 18, 2020. Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP

A woman lights a candle with a "Holy Fire" from small candles left on a path outside the Metochion (embassy church) of the Holy Sepulchre in Athens, where the Holy Light was brought earlier today from Jerusalem for the resurrection service on April 18, 2020 as part of the Orthodox Easter celebrations. The strict quarantine measures against the spread of the COVID-19 (the novel coronavirus) keeps churches empty during the Orthodox Easter services and faithfuls are not allow to light their candles with the Ho

A woman lights a candle with a "Holy Fire" from small candles left on a path outside the Metochion (embassy church) of the Holy Sepulchre in Athens, where the Holy Light was brought earlier today from Jerusalem for the resurrection service on April 18, 2020 as part of the Orthodox Easter celebrations. The strict quarantine measures against the spread of the COVID-19 (the novel coronavirus) keeps churches empty during the Orthodox Easter services and faithfuls are not allow to light their candles with the Holy Light inside the churches. Louisa GOULIAMAKI / AFP

Deacons swing incense censers during the Easter Vigil at the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Savvas in the old walled city of the Cypriot capital Nicosia on April 18, 2020, as prayers are held without a congregation due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Amir Makar / AFP

Deacons swing incense censers during the Easter Vigil at the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Savvas in the old walled city of the Cypriot capital Nicosia on April 18, 2020, as prayers are held without a congregation due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Amir Makar / AFP

An Orthodox volunteer inspects traditional cakes and eggs before of blessing to be distributed to people in need, on the eve of the Orthodox Easter in Moscow on April 18, 2020, during a strict lockdown in Russia to stop the spread of COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus. All church in Moscow were closed to believers and remained open only for priests and personal. Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP

An Orthodox volunteer inspects traditional cakes and eggs before of blessing to be distributed to people in need, on the eve of the Orthodox Easter in Moscow on April 18, 2020, during a strict lockdown in Russia to stop the spread of COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus. All church in Moscow were closed to believers and remained open only for priests and personal. Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP

Bishop Nikodimos of Nitria, Exarch of the Patriarchate of Alexandria in Cyprus, swings an incense censer by the epitaphios (a religious icon made of an embroidered cloth used as a re-enactment of the body of Christ), during the Holy Saturday Matins at the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Savvas in the old walled city of the Cypriot capital Nicosia on April 17, 2020, as prayers are held without a congregation due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Amir MAKAR / AFP

Bishop Nikodimos of Nitria, Exarch of the Patriarchate of Alexandria in Cyprus, swings an incense censer by the epitaphios (a religious icon made of an embroidered cloth used as a re-enactment of the body of Christ), during the Holy Saturday Matins at the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Savvas in the old walled city of the Cypriot capital Nicosia on April 17, 2020, as prayers are held without a congregation due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Amir MAKAR / AFP

Romanian Christian Orthodox priests hold a religious service on the Good Friday, two days before Orthodox Easter celebration at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest April 17, 2020. Due to the emergency state called by the romanian authorities to slow down the coronavirus infection all the religious services will be held without believers inside or around the churches. Daniel MIHAILESCU / AFP

Romanian Christian Orthodox priests hold a religious service on the Good Friday, two days before Orthodox Easter celebration at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest April 17, 2020. Due to the emergency state called by the romanian authorities to slow down the coronavirus infection all the religious services will be held without believers inside or around the churches. Daniel MIHAILESCU / AFP

Orthodox Christian nuns decorate Easter eggs in a women’s Orthodox monastery near Danilovgrad west of capital Podgorica, on April 17, 2020. For the Orthodox Church in Montenegro, Easter 2020 falls on April 19. Savo PRELEVIC / AFP

Orthodox Christian nuns decorate Easter eggs in a women’s Orthodox monastery near Danilovgrad west of capital Podgorica, on April 17, 2020. For the Orthodox Church in Montenegro, Easter 2020 falls on April 19. Savo PRELEVIC / AFP

A Christian worshipper wearing a face mask, due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, touches one of the stations of the Via Dolorosa (Way of Sorrow), the path traditionally believed to have been taken by Christ while on the way to be crucified, to receive a blessing, in the old city of Jerusalem on Orthodox Holy Friday April 17, 2020. AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP

A Christian worshipper wearing a face mask, due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, touches one of the stations of the Via Dolorosa (Way of Sorrow), the path traditionally believed to have been taken by Christ while on the way to be crucified, to receive a blessing, in the old city of Jerusalem on Orthodox Holy Friday April 17, 2020. AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP

A priest of the Greek Catholic Church blesses believers wearing face masks as they keep social distance during the celebration of Orthodox Easter outside the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, in western Ukrainian city of Lviv, on April 18, 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus. Yuri DYACHYSHYN / AFP
A man wearing a protective mask holds up candles lit from the Holy Fire in the church of the Holy Sepulchre, as very few Orthodox Christians gather in Jerusalem's Old City to celebrate Easter due to the lockdown imposed by authorities in a bid to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus, on April 18, 2020. Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP
A woman lights a candle with a "Holy Fire" from small candles left on a path outside the Metochion (embassy church) of the Holy Sepulchre in Athens, where the Holy Light was brought earlier today from Jerusalem for the resurrection service on April 18, 2020 as part of the Orthodox Easter celebrations. The strict quarantine measures against the spread of the COVID-19 (the novel coronavirus) keeps churches empty during the Orthodox Easter services and faithfuls are not allow to light their candles with the Ho
Deacons swing incense censers during the Easter Vigil at the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Savvas in the old walled city of the Cypriot capital Nicosia on April 18, 2020, as prayers are held without a congregation due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Amir Makar / AFP
An Orthodox volunteer inspects traditional cakes and eggs before of blessing to be distributed to people in need, on the eve of the Orthodox Easter in Moscow on April 18, 2020, during a strict lockdown in Russia to stop the spread of COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus. All church in Moscow were closed to believers and remained open only for priests and personal. Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP
Bishop Nikodimos of Nitria, Exarch of the Patriarchate of Alexandria in Cyprus, swings an incense censer by the epitaphios (a religious icon made of an embroidered cloth used as a re-enactment of the body of Christ), during the Holy Saturday Matins at the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Savvas in the old walled city of the Cypriot capital Nicosia on April 17, 2020, as prayers are held without a congregation due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Amir MAKAR / AFP
Romanian Christian Orthodox priests hold a religious service on the Good Friday, two days before Orthodox Easter celebration at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest April 17, 2020. Due to the emergency state called by the romanian authorities to slow down the coronavirus infection all the religious services will be held without believers inside or around the churches. Daniel MIHAILESCU / AFP
Orthodox Christian nuns decorate Easter eggs in a women’s Orthodox monastery near Danilovgrad west of capital Podgorica, on April 17, 2020. For the Orthodox Church in Montenegro, Easter 2020 falls on April 19. Savo PRELEVIC / AFP
A Christian worshipper wearing a face mask, due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, touches one of the stations of the Via Dolorosa (Way of Sorrow), the path traditionally believed to have been taken by Christ while on the way to be crucified, to receive a blessing, in the old city of Jerusalem on Orthodox Holy Friday April 17, 2020. AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP
A priest of the Greek Catholic Church blesses believers wearing face masks as they keep social distance during the celebration of Orthodox Easter outside the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, in western Ukrainian city of Lviv, on April 18, 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus. Yuri DYACHYSHYN / AFP
A priest of the Greek Catholic Church blesses believers wearing face masks as they keep social distance during the celebration of Orthodox Easter outside the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, in western Ukrainian city of Lviv, on April 18, 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus. Yuri DYACHYSHYN / AFP
A man wearing a protective mask holds up candles lit from the Holy Fire in the church of the Holy Sepulchre, as very few Orthodox Christians gather in Jerusalem's Old City to celebrate Easter due to the lockdown imposed by authorities in a bid to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus, on April 18, 2020. Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP
A man wearing a protective mask holds up candles lit from the Holy Fire in the church of the Holy Sepulchre, as very few Orthodox Christians gather in Jerusalem's Old City to celebrate Easter due to the lockdown imposed by authorities in a bid to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus, on April 18, 2020. Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP
A woman lights a candle with a "Holy Fire" from small candles left on a path outside the Metochion (embassy church) of the Holy Sepulchre in Athens, where the Holy Light was brought earlier today from Jerusalem for the resurrection service on April 18, 2020 as part of the Orthodox Easter celebrations. The strict quarantine measures against the spread of the COVID-19 (the novel coronavirus) keeps churches empty during the Orthodox Easter services and faithfuls are not allow to light their candles with the Ho
A woman lights a candle with a "Holy Fire" from small candles left on a path outside the Metochion (embassy church) of the Holy Sepulchre in Athens, where the Holy Light was brought earlier today from Jerusalem for the resurrection service on April 18, 2020 as part of the Orthodox Easter celebrations. The strict quarantine measures against the spread of the COVID-19 (the novel coronavirus) keeps churches empty during the Orthodox Easter services and faithfuls are not allow to light their candles with the Holy Light inside the churches. Louisa GOULIAMAKI / AFP
Deacons swing incense censers during the Easter Vigil at the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Savvas in the old walled city of the Cypriot capital Nicosia on April 18, 2020, as prayers are held without a congregation due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Amir Makar / AFP
Deacons swing incense censers during the Easter Vigil at the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Savvas in the old walled city of the Cypriot capital Nicosia on April 18, 2020, as prayers are held without a congregation due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Amir Makar / AFP
An Orthodox volunteer inspects traditional cakes and eggs before of blessing to be distributed to people in need, on the eve of the Orthodox Easter in Moscow on April 18, 2020, during a strict lockdown in Russia to stop the spread of COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus. All church in Moscow were closed to believers and remained open only for priests and personal. Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP
An Orthodox volunteer inspects traditional cakes and eggs before of blessing to be distributed to people in need, on the eve of the Orthodox Easter in Moscow on April 18, 2020, during a strict lockdown in Russia to stop the spread of COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus. All church in Moscow were closed to believers and remained open only for priests and personal. Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP
Bishop Nikodimos of Nitria, Exarch of the Patriarchate of Alexandria in Cyprus, swings an incense censer by the epitaphios (a religious icon made of an embroidered cloth used as a re-enactment of the body of Christ), during the Holy Saturday Matins at the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Savvas in the old walled city of the Cypriot capital Nicosia on April 17, 2020, as prayers are held without a congregation due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Amir MAKAR / AFP
Bishop Nikodimos of Nitria, Exarch of the Patriarchate of Alexandria in Cyprus, swings an incense censer by the epitaphios (a religious icon made of an embroidered cloth used as a re-enactment of the body of Christ), during the Holy Saturday Matins at the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Savvas in the old walled city of the Cypriot capital Nicosia on April 17, 2020, as prayers are held without a congregation due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Amir MAKAR / AFP
Romanian Christian Orthodox priests hold a religious service on the Good Friday, two days before Orthodox Easter celebration at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest April 17, 2020. Due to the emergency state called by the romanian authorities to slow down the coronavirus infection all the religious services will be held without believers inside or around the churches. Daniel MIHAILESCU / AFP
Romanian Christian Orthodox priests hold a religious service on the Good Friday, two days before Orthodox Easter celebration at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest April 17, 2020. Due to the emergency state called by the romanian authorities to slow down the coronavirus infection all the religious services will be held without believers inside or around the churches. Daniel MIHAILESCU / AFP
Orthodox Christian nuns decorate Easter eggs in a women’s Orthodox monastery near Danilovgrad west of capital Podgorica, on April 17, 2020. For the Orthodox Church in Montenegro, Easter 2020 falls on April 19. Savo PRELEVIC / AFP
Orthodox Christian nuns decorate Easter eggs in a women’s Orthodox monastery near Danilovgrad west of capital Podgorica, on April 17, 2020. For the Orthodox Church in Montenegro, Easter 2020 falls on April 19. Savo PRELEVIC / AFP
A Christian worshipper wearing a face mask, due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, touches one of the stations of the Via Dolorosa (Way of Sorrow), the path traditionally believed to have been taken by Christ while on the way to be crucified, to receive a blessing, in the old city of Jerusalem on Orthodox Holy Friday April 17, 2020. AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP
A Christian worshipper wearing a face mask, due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, touches one of the stations of the Via Dolorosa (Way of Sorrow), the path traditionally believed to have been taken by Christ while on the way to be crucified, to receive a blessing, in the old city of Jerusalem on Orthodox Holy Friday April 17, 2020. AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP

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