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Georgia celebrates Orthodox Easter

The moving holiday, celebrated annually on the first Sunday after the spring equinox, marks the resurrection of the martyred Christ, and is preceded by 48 days of fasting which began on March 7 this year. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge

Agenda.ge, 24 Apr 2022 - 10:54, Tbilisi,Georgia

Orthodox Christians in Georgia and worldwide are celebrating Easter, one of their most important annual religious holidays, today. 

The holy liturgy service began at 11 p.m. last night at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi and other churches across the country, and continued until the early hours of this morning. 

The moving holiday, celebrated annually on the first Sunday after the spring equinox, marks the resurrection of the martyred Christ, and is preceded by 48 days of fasting which began on March 7 this year. 

Congregants who attended the liturgy at churches were able to receive the Holy Fire brought from Jerusalem to Georgia by a charter flight last night.

Ilia Darchiashvili, Georgian Foreign Minister, congratulated the Orthodox Christians around the world on the date, wishing “peace, joy and spiritual peace” to families in Georgia.