Published 22:28 IST, April 19th 2020

Ethiopians celebrate Easter amid lockdown

At the Holy Trinity Orthodox Tewahedo Cathedral in Addis Ababa, only a handful were able to attend prayers with the ceremony instead broadcast live.

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Ethiopians celebrated Orthodox Easter on Sunday despite worshippers being stopped from joining the festive Mass amid the coronavirus pandemic.

At the Holy Trinity Orthodox Tewahedo Cathedral in Addis Ababa, only a handful were able to attend prayers with the ceremony instead broadcast live.

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In typical years, the cathedral would be filled with thousands of churchgoers for the Easter Mass.As of Sunday Ethiopia has reported 108 cases of COVID-19 and three deaths.

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22:28 IST, April 19th 2020