Christians in Türkiye’s southern Hatay province, regardless of sustaining extreme harm from twin earthquakes this February, held Easter Mass on Sunday to mark probably the most vital holidays within the Christian calendar.
The ceremony, which passed off on the web site of the Antakya Orthodox Church’s wreckage, was led by the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antakya Yuhanna Yazc, non secular leaders of the Antakya Orthodox Church Jan Deluller and Dimitri Dogum, and head of the Antakya Orthodox Church Foundation Fadi Hurigil.
During the service, passages from the Bible have been learn, prayers have been held, and candles have been lit.
Christians within the city of Samandağ additionally gathered for an Easter service on the Azize Tekla Church because the Ilyas Greek Orthodox Church was broken within the earthquakes.
Antakya is house to numerous minority teams equivalent to Syriac Orthodox Christians, Syriac Catholics and Armenians.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
