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On Easter morning, many Kaunas residents gathered in churches. It is true that in some places the services were unusual: outdoors.
The Kaunas John Paul II chapel, like other houses of prayer during Easter, was always crowded, and those who could not fit could hear the Mass outside through the loudspeakers.
On Sunday, the chapel was empty, although services were held. They were held outdoors for the safety of the believers.
Šilainiškės, waiting for a sunny morning waiting for St. At the beginning of the mass and because of the clergy who occupied the church, they settled in a makeshift room in the open air. Benches and chairs were placed at a safe distance.
“Easter is a celebration in which you have to come to live to meet the Lord. A completely different state of mind, “said Marytė de Šilainė, in St. Mass came with her husband Bronius.
Photo by Eitvydas Kinaitis
The couple made no secret of the fact that attending worship is a great joy, but meeting a large family is no less welcome. “It just came to our knowledge then. Anyway, it’s hard for everyone to get to know each other. Only at Christmas and Easter do all the brothers, sisters and their children crowd together,” recalls the woman from the pre-quarantine times. like last year, we have to celebrate it separately.
Previously, the whole family gathered with eggs in a village in the Jonava district. She and her husband will also be going to the farm this year as they own and take care of it. “If the weather is like tomorrow like today, it will be fun to sit on the patio,” Kaunas residents did not plan anything.
“It’s like. We can’t meet relatives, but we try to maintain other Easter traditions, maintain emotional connection by communicating at least remotely,” said Daiva from Šilainė, who attended the services with her family.
First – Mass, followed by an egg competition and a gala dinner. When the snow began to fall yesterday, it was true that it melted right here, without surprising the interlocutors or confusing the vacation plans. “Easter with snow, so it’s not the first time,” laughed Daiva’s wife, Rimas. “We live next to the forest, we will go for a walk, and that’s it,” said the woman, planning the holiday weekend.
Kaunas St. the Basilica of the Archcathedral of the Apostles Peter and Paul welcomed the faithful inside. Many of them gathered, but under the majestic vaults of the cathedral they seemed to vanish.
“Without the opportunity to actually visit, we would listen to remote broadcasts of Holy Mass every Sunday,” said Zita from Kaunas.
“It is the first Mass of Resurrection that shakes my heart so much … The sunrise, the edifying atmosphere, the blessing,” the woman tried to describe.
He noted that for many people visiting a church during quarantine becomes an opportunity to shake off the feeling of loneliness. “Even if there comes a day when the church is empty, stay with God and it will become brighter,” said the Kaunas resident.
“We have been driving here for Easter for many years. It has become a tradition,” said Saulius from Kaunas. According to him, remote worship broadcasts are better than nothing, but they do not replace St. Misa in them attending face-to-face.
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