Both Ukrainians and Russians are predominantly Orthodox Christians. The Orthodox Easter service

but stores and markets selling Easter goods are open.“ We went through two Easters selling goods

VATICAN CITY( Reuters)-Pope Francis called for halt to attacks in Ukraine on Sunday so aid can reach the exhausted population and urged leaders to" listen to the voice of the people", who fear an escalation. Speaking to tens of thousands of people in St.... Moscow has denied targeting civilians. Francis has specifically rejected Russia's terminology, calling it a war that has caused" rivers of blood". Earlier Francis again attended but did not preside at a Mass in St.... Peter's Basilica, the

The leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, whose backing for Moscow's" special military operation

Peter’s Square on the day of the Easter Sunday Mass at the Vatican on April 20.... — Reuters Nuns

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Peter’s Square. The pontiff had just finished celebrating Easter Mass in the square packed by the

There was extensive damage but no casualties. Experts from the Paris police prefecture were now looking into whether cause of the fire was accidental or whether it was arson, he said." The damage is very significant," the church said on its Facebook page.... Almost everything else burned down." Since the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Feb.... 24, several establishments associated with Russia in France, including a Russian arts centre in Paris, have been targeted by acts of vandalism.

. Officials in Kyiv urged residents to follow Orthodox Easter services online due to safety concerns

In meat products prices have spiked by at least 20 percent in the past 2 to 3 months," Vassilis Delifillipides, a 3rd generation butcher and press officer of the Association of Athens-Attica Butchers, told Xinhua." People are very conservative.... There is sluggish traffic in the market, so we do not expect profits to fill in the gaps in our budgets," Delifillipides added." We hope that the traffic in the market will increase more in the last few days before the holidays, as usual.... The trut