The coronavirus will also have been the reason for Easter celebrations in the East. A constraint that has long been integrated by the Chaldean, Syriac Catholics and Orthodox faithful who make up the millefeuille of the Churches of Iraq. "It is a difficult ordeal that God makes us live, especially in this Holy Week," said Fadi Mamo, a young Iraqi from Erbil. “We are fasting and praying that God will help us to overcome this crisis. We ask him to help the world get rid of this virus and experience another Passover. ”
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The covered walkways of the citadel of Erbil, usually crowded and covered with stalls, are now closed. In this confined atmosphere, all offices are now broadcast live on social networks. The switch was not very complicated, as Facebook, YouTube or WhatsApp are already an integral part of the daily life of the faithful, long before the crisis.
But this period is also an opportunity to launch new
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