Christians celebrate Easter with religious fervour

KARACHI: Christians celebrating Easter with great religious fervour and enthusiasm on Sunday amid tight security. Easter is the culmination of the 40-day Lent, which is a time of fasting, giving alms and repenting.

Special midnight services were offered at all churches throughout the country to mark the beginning of the Easter celebrations.

Easter main ceremony was held at the Vatican City, where flames from thousands of candles illuminated the dark hall inside Christianity's holiest shrine on Saturday as worshippers participated in the holy fire ceremony, a spiritual event in Orthodox Easter rites and Pope Francis highlighted the teachings of the Prophet Christ.

The Easter in Pakistan began with the special prayer service in different churches and candles lit in the houses and hymn recited. The Christian community specially prayed for the welfare of the country and the nation on this occasion.