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Streets of Athens Empty on Orthodox Easter Amid Coronavirus Lockdown

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Published on 22 Apr 2020 / In Youtube Clips

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The streets of Athens were almost empty for Orthodox Easter, Sunday, April 19, as the country remains in coronavirus lockdown during the the biggest event of the Orthodox religion calendar.
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READ MORE: For Orthodox Christians, this is normally a time of reflection and mourning followed by joyful release, of centuries-old ceremonies steeped in symbolism and tradition.

But this year, Easter — by far the most significant religious holiday for the world's roughly 300 million Orthodox — has essentially been canceled.

As the coronavirus rampages around the globe, claiming tens of thousands of lives, governments have imposed lockdowns in a desperate bid to halt the pandemic. Businesses have been closed and church doors shut to prevent the virus's insidious spread.
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LINK: https://www.voanews.com/covid-....19-pandemic/lockdown

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