Thousands attend Good Friday procession in Athens

[InTime News]

Thousands of radical took portion successful the candlelit Epitaphios procession successful cardinal Athens connected Good Friday, marking 1 of the astir solemn moments of Holy Week.

Clergy led the procession while chanting hymns of lamentation, making three ceremonial stops on the route, including successful beforehand of Parliament and the Monument to the Unknown Soldier.

Earlier, astatine the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens, ample crowds gathered for the lamentation work presided implicit by Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece. Representatives of the state, equipped forces and the information forces attended the ceremony, filling the cathedral to capacity.

Epitaphios services and processions took spot crossed the country.