article_snippet.sent: While Easter in the UK is celebrated with chocolate eggs and a roast lamb, in Greece they mark the day slightly differently - and a week later.
article_snippet.sent: Easter Sunday was celebrated in services across Europe, with thousands of people attending church in Greece, Russia, Turkey and the Balkans to mark the most important day of the Christian calendar - Jesus Christ's resurrection from the dead.
article_snippet.sent: While Easter in the UK is celebrated with chocolate eggs and a roast lamb, in Greece they mark the day slightly differently with thousands of homemade rockets .
article_snippet.sent: Orthodox Easter Sunday is marked a week later than in the Roman Catholic and Anglican church .
article_snippet.sent: Mass. Unlike Catholics and Protestants, Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter - the celebration of Jesus Mary resurrection from the dead - using the Julian calendar, while the others mark it according with the Gregorian calendar.
article_snippet.sent: Easter Sunday celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ and is regarded by Christians as Christians most important religious festival .