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A Lebanese priest distributes coloured eggs during Easter Mass at the Our Lady of Protection church in Beirut. AFP

Syrian Catholics celebrate Easter in Damascus on April 9, 2023. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)

A band plays during an Easter parade in Damascus. AP

People line the streets to get a glimpse of the band. AP

Syrian Christian Scouts march along the alleys of Old Damascus. AFP

A clergy member attends Easter mass at the Armenian church in Baghdad. Reuters

A Christian woman lights a candle during an Easter mass at the Armenian church. Reuters

Egyptian Coptic Christians attend Palm Sunday Mass at the Saint Simon Monastery in Cairo's Mokattam mountain. AFP

An Egyptian Coptic priest sprinkles holy water during Palm Sunday Mass in Cairo. AFP

Christian worshippers attend Easter Sunday mass in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City. Reuters

Palestinian Christians attend Palm Sunday mass in a Greek Orthodox church in Gaza city. AP

Lebanese Orthodox Christians join the traditional Palm Sunday procession as they walk in front of the Saint George Cathedral in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA

A Lebanese priest distributes coloured eggs during Easter Mass at the Our Lady of Protection church in Beirut. AFP

Syrian Catholics celebrate Easter in Damascus on April 9, 2023. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)

A band plays during an Easter parade in Damascus. AP

People line the streets to get a glimpse of the band. AP

Syrian Christian Scouts march along the alleys of Old Damascus. AFP

A clergy member attends Easter mass at the Armenian church in Baghdad. Reuters

A Christian woman lights a candle during an Easter mass at the Armenian church. Reuters

Egyptian Coptic Christians attend Palm Sunday Mass at the Saint Simon Monastery in Cairo's Mokattam mountain. AFP

An Egyptian Coptic priest sprinkles holy water during Palm Sunday Mass in Cairo. AFP

Christian worshippers attend Easter Sunday mass in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City. Reuters

Palestinian Christians attend Palm Sunday mass in a Greek Orthodox church in Gaza city. AP

Lebanese Orthodox Christians join the traditional Palm Sunday procession as they walk in front of the Saint George Cathedral in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA

A Lebanese priest distributes coloured eggs during Easter Mass at the Our Lady of Protection church in Beirut. AFP

Easter celebrations around the Middle East - in pictures

Christians in the MENA region mark religious holiday

The National

April 10, 2023

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