Easter, the greatest Christian religious holiday, was marked by celebratory masses throughout the country on Sunday, while in some places the holiday started with religious processions.
The Ljubljana Archbishop and Metropolitan Alojz Uran held his service in Ljubljana's St Nicholas Cathedral, while Maribor Archbishop and Metropolitan Franc Kramberger led a celebratory mass at the Maribor Cathedral of St John the Baptist. The Koper Bishop Metod Pirih marked the event with a mass in the Koper Cathedral.
The recently appointed Celje bishop Anton Stress held a mass in the town of Ptuj (NE), Marjan Turnsek, the head of the newly-established Murska Sobota diocese, gave a celebratory mass in the village of Starse (NE), while Andrej Glavan, the new Novo mesto bishop led a mass in the Ljubljana Cathedral.
In their Easter letter of good will, Slovenian bishops moreover wished that also in this year "our holiest holiday would be joyful and merciful."
"Every time we believe that truth and not lies, justice and not injustice, goodwill and love and not wickedness will prevail we believe in resurrection; in the final victory of good over evil and life over death," they wrote.
A special mass for the hearing impaired was held in Ljubljana's Church of St Francis of Assisi by the Ljubljana Auxiliary Bishop Anton Jamnik, while Uran also led a special "earthquake" service marking 111 years of the Ljubljana earthquake.
Prime Minister Janez Jansa has wished all the best, wise decisions and plenty of desire for life in his Easter address to Slovenians.
"Easter is the time of the year when nature starts to wake up and the the sun finally chases away the winter cold," Jansa has written on his website.
Slovenia managed to achieve a lot since becoming independent. We have passed many decisions which will enable us to fulfill our wishes and desires to a larger extent in the future, the PM has said.
Easter is the holiest of the Christian holidays when believers remember the suffering of Christ, his death on the cross and resurrection.
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