More than 400 officers and officials are on duty on Easter Day celebrations, the participants coming to the churches for worship are being allowed to enter the churches after full checking.
Sahiwal: The Christian community in Sahiwal is celebrating the festival of Easter with religious enthusiasm. Special prayers were offered, on the occasion of Easter Day, churches across the city, including the Central Catholic Church, have been beautifully decorated, on the occasion of Easter Day, strict security arrangements have been made at Christian places of worship across the district by the police.
More than 400 officers and officials are on duty on Easter Day celebrations, the participants coming to the churches for worship are being allowed to enter the churches after full checking. Father Nadeem Joseph Catholic Church performed the religious rites.
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Easter, or Resurrection Sunday, is a Christian festival and cultural holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial following his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary c. 30 AD. It is the culmination of the Passion of Jesus Christ, preceded by Lent (or Great Lent), a 40-day period of fasting, prayer, and penance.
Easter-observing Christians commonly refer to the week before Easter as Holy Week, which in Western Christianity begins on Palm Sunday (marking the entrance of Jesus in Jerusalem), includes Spy Wednesday (on which the betrayal of Jesus is mourned), and contains the days of the Easter Triduum including Maundy Thursday, commemorating the Maundy and Last Supper,[13][14] as well as Good Friday, commemorating the crucifixion and death of Jesus. In Eastern Christianity, the same events are commemorated with the names of days all starting with “Holy” or “Holy and Great”, and Easter itself might be called “Great and Holy Pascha”. In Western Christianity, Eastertide, or the Easter Season, begins on Easter Sunday and lasts seven weeks, ending with the coming of the 50th day, Pentecost Sunday. In Eastern Christianity, the Paschal season ends with Pentecost as well, but the leave-taking of the Great Feast of Pascha is on the 39th day, the day before the Feast of the Ascension.
Christian community in Sahiwal is celebrating the festival of Easter
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