Under the Shadow of War, Kyiv Celebrates Orthodox Easter

Hundreds of Orthodox Christians lined up outside a cathedral in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, after a service on Sunday as they waited for a priest to bless them with a spray of water as part of an Easter tradition.

It is the second year that the Orthodox Christians of Ukraine have celebrated Holy Week in the shadow of war, but much has changed for residents of Kyiv since last Easter. In the weeks before then, Ukrainian forces had driven Moscow’s troops from the area around the capital, and the scale of the atrocities that emerged in the wake of the Russian retreat was still becoming apparent. Read more

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