Streets of Athens Empty on Orthodox Easter Amid Coronavirus Lockdown

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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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[sanashah]

Wow now you could hear birds 🦅 singing

[raspybob]

I wonder if someone puts there Aladdin shoe on the ground first dies because they messed up there drunkin dance!???