Easter is being celebrated by the Christian community in Pakistan like other parts of the world on Sunday (March 23). Special midnight mass and candle light services will be held on Saturday night at all the churches across the country to mark the beginning of the Easter celebrations.
Special prayers will be offered for the integrity, solidarity and progress of the country and peace all over the world particularly liberation of Kashmir from Indian subjugation. Easter is the annual Christian festival celebrating the "resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead to absolve human being from the eternal sin", a Christian leader said.
In Lahore, special services will be held at different churches including Cathedral, the Mall. The Christian community has decorated their houses and churches presenting a festive look. Easter is most important feast of Christian calendar. Easter does not come on the same date every year but falls sometime between March 22 and April 25. It is the first Sunday after the first full moon following March 21.
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