Apr 4, 2021
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Today is Easter Sunday, a day Christians in Florida and around the world remember the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Easter is one of the oldest celebrations on the church calendar. Christians believe God sacrificed his only son so their sins would be forgiven.
Unlike Christmas, Easter isn t celebrated on a fixed day. Instead, Easter falls on the first Sunday after the full moon following the spring equinox. That could be anywhere from March 22nd until the end of April in a given year.
Easter, like Christmas, has become commercialized, with candy, eggs, and bunnies at the center. Some scholars say the secular items of eggs and bunnies are signs of fertility.
More than 100 cast members took part over the three-day event with stops spread out along the church s campus for a production that combined the traditional Stations of the Cross,
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Hymns through masks: Christians mark another pandemic Easter
FRANCES D EMILIO, Associated Press
April 4, 2021
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1of30Priests circle the Edicule during Easter Sunday Mass led by the Latin Patriarch at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where many Christians believe Jesus was crucified, buried and rose from the dead, in the Old City of Jerusalem, Sunday, April 4, 2021.Oded Balilty/APShow MoreShow Less
2of30A woman walks past a mural depicting a white dove parachuting COVID-19 vaccine vials, posted near the Italian Health Ministry Headquarters in Rome, Sunday, April 4, 2021. Italy has entered a three-day strict nationwide lockdown to prevent new surges of the coronavirus. Police set up road checks to ensure people were staying close to home and extra patrols were ordered up to break up large gatherings in squares and parks, which over Easter weekend are usually packed with picnic-goers.Gregorio Borgia/APShow MoreShow Less
Pope Francis, during a scaled-back Easter Mass for the second year in a row, condemned "scandalous" armed conflicts as the coronavirus "pandemic is still spreading."