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On the occassion of Easter Sunday celebrities and leaders took to social media to extend their wishes.
Updated : Dec 07, 2017, 11:48 AM IST
The Christian Holy Week comes to an end on Sunday with Easter, a festival celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ following his crucification on Good Friday. It is also the final day of Lent, a forty day period which signifies the final days of Jesus Christ. This time is marked by devotees with fasting, penance and prayers.
Easter Sunday is a day of celebration and social media is abound with good wishes from around the world. In India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Pranab Mukherjee took to Twitter to extend their wishes. The President in a series of tweets urged everyone to take inspiration from the teachings of Christ and to to aid the weak and downtrodden and eradicate violence.
Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church too posted on Twitter commemorating the occasion.
President of USA, Donald Trump had earlier wished everyone on the occasions of Easter and Passover in his Weekly Address.
Numerous sports personalities too sent greetings and good wishes through social mediums, as did many Bollywood celebrities.
Here are some of the wishes:
Easter greetings to everyone! May the teachings of Jesus Christ further the spirit of harmony, compassion & togetherness in our society.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 16, 2017
Best wishes to all my countrymen in India & abroad, especially to my Christian brothers & sisters on Easter #PresidentMukherjee
— President of India (@RashtrapatiBhvn) April 16, 2017
Today is the celebration of our hope, the celebration of this truth: nothing and no one will ever be able to separate us from God’s love.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) April 15, 2017
Greetings & best wishes to everyone on Easter. We celebrate today the spirit of renewal-of hope,happiness & new beginnings
— Office of RG (@OfficeOfRG) April 16, 2017
Wishing you peace, love, hope and happiness.. this day, and for all those to come. Happy Easter!
— sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) April 16, 2017
Celebrate this #Easter with a heart filled with #love and #peace.. Spread the #joy and #happiness! Happy Easter to you and your family!
— Suresh Raina (@ImRaina) April 16, 2017
Happiness, Love & best wishes for new beginnings. #HappyEaster pic.twitter.com/gi1tJrAqpp
— Riteish Deshmukh (@Riteishd) April 16, 2017
Looking forward to hosting the annual Easter Egg Roll at the @WhiteHouse on Monday! pic.twitter.com/nz7vucugx9
— Melania Trump (@FLOTUS) April 14, 2017
As Christians across London and around the world come together to celebrate, I’d like to wish everyone a very Happy Easter! pic.twitter.com/fHwXq5D3Ic
— Mayor of London (@MayorofLondon) April 16, 2017