Easter Sunday

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The Athens Traders Association announced on Friday the proposed working hours for Athens stores during the Easter holiday season, which will start on Thursday April 6, and is as follows: Thursday, April 6 and Friday, April 7 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday, April 8 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday, April 9 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday-Thursday (April 10-13) from 9 a.m.

Ljubljana/Maribor – Ljubljana Archbishop and Metropolitan Stanislav Zore held an Easter Sunday mass in the Ljubljana Cathedral to note that the resurrection of Jesus Christ is something that brought new hope and life. Masses of the Resurrection of the Lord were held in numerous other churches around the country.

On Easter Sunday the atmosphere of the Church switches gears, and instead of a focusing on death and sorrow, the Church is alive and resplendent with joy. Jesus is risen!

This is emphasized in a particular in many Eastern Churches. The week following Easter Sunday is called "Bright Week," and refers to the light that Jesus has brought into the world.

Sri Lankan security officials have warned that radical militants behind Easter Sunday's suicide bombings are planning imminent attacks and could be dressed in military uniforms.

Most of the attackers behind the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka that killed 359 and wounded more than 500, come from the middle, upper-middle-class families, said the country's deputy defense minister on April 24

A meat market in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, saw increased custom Tuesday as people were stocking up ahead of the traditional Orthodox Easter feast, which comprises an offal soup on Easter Saturday (Mageiritsa), when believers break the Lenten fast, and a spit-roast lamb on Easter Sunday. In Athens, stores will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, from 1 to 7 p.m.

The Greek Orthodox Easter holidays and the coinciding of Labor Day with Easter Sunday will mean changes to museum and archaeological site opening hours, the Culture Ministry announced Monday.