Before the church bells had a chance to toll and announce Easter Sunday, air raid sirens woke those sleeping in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv.
But those celebrating the holiday that emphasizes resurrection and new beginnings did not let it dampen their spirits.
Often they ring the bells at 6 p.m. to call for the end of the war, but on Easter morning the emphasis is on soothing a population on edge. Sezhiy Bei, 33, an ecologist and web developer who also serves as a bell ringer at the cathedral, said last week’s, Russia’s flagship in the Black Sea, foreshadowed that Easter would bring Ukraine happier days after nearly two months of war.
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