April 16 Eastern Rite Christians will celebrate Easter. The Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) will hold an Easter service in Kyiv in the St. Michael's Golden-domed Cathedral, as well as in the Assumption Cathedral of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. Archpriest Mikhail Omelyan announced this on the air of a national telethon, writes Suspіlne.

Where can I watch the online broadcast of the Easter service?.

On Easter, worship in Kyiv can only be attended online, there is a curfew in the city.

Live streaming of worship services can be viewed at:.

on central TV channels;

on the OCU page on Youtube;

on the OCU Facebook page.

When will Easter services be held in Kyiv.

The archpriest noted that during Holy Week, divine services are held daily in the temples of the OCU in the morning and evening.

“Every day has its own symbolism, remembering the last days of the earthly life of Jesus Christ,” he explained..

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Omelyan also stressed that during the war, the OCU was, is and will be with the Ukrainian people, so the church "

So, according to the clergyman, services will be held on Easter:.

in the Mikhailovsky Golden-Domed Cathedral - on the night from Saturday (April 15) to Sunday (April 16) from 23:00 to 04:00, and also on Sunday 09 in the morning.

in the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra in the Assumption Cathedral - on Sunday from 6 am.

on the territory of the Mikhailovsky Golden-Domed Monastery in the Academic Church - on Sunday from 6 am.

The archpriest explained that believers will be able to bless pascas both on Saturday and during the day on Sunday.

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Earlier we wrote that in the Kherson region it was forbidden to hold services in churches during the curfew, as well as crowds during the Easter holidays due to the threat of Russian strikes.