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Nation celebrates Easter

     Kochi/Panjim/New Delhi: Christians across the country attended special prayer ceremonies and Easter Mass on Sunday to commemorate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In southern parts of the country, devouts came in huge numbers to attend midnight mass in Kochi, which has a large Christian population. In Goa, hundreds of people thronged the famous Church of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception at Panjim to participate in the midnight mass. "I am just going to celebrate this Easter whishing all my well- wishers, family, relatives, friends and all whom I meet. This is rejoicing the life after death," said Lydia, a visitor to the church. At the Sacred Heart Cathedral in New Delhi, devotees lit candles, sang devotional songs and attended special prayers to mark the day. For Christians the miraculous event symbolises the victory of good over evil and life over death. Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday after the full moon following the vernal equinox or the first Sunday after Good Friday - another important date on the Christian calendar, when Christ was crucified. It also concludes the Lent season, which covers a forty-six day period. The Lent season is a period of penitence in preparation for Easter, considered the highest festival of the church year.
-April 16, 2006