MONTREAL -- For the second year in a row, it was an Easter marked by COVID-19 restrictions, but Montreal's devout found ways to celebrate and hope for better festive days ahead. “It's the year of endurance. It's been a long time, many months, a year now,” said Montreal archbishop Christian Lepine. “People are tired, exhausted, so somehow small gestures of hope are important.” For some, the best sign of hope was the city's warming weather, which allowed outdoor gatherings and celebrations of mass. Others gathered in the city's churches for socially distanced services. It was a marked difference from last year, when a COVID-19 vaccine seemed far off. Now, Quebecers have received over 1.5 million doses. Hundreds of thousands more are scheduled to be delivered in the coming weeks, but infectious disease expert Matthew Oughton warned that the province isn't in the clear yet.