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Vladivostok residents and guests will enjoy a theatrical performance in the city’s central square on Sunday’s Easter holiday, the major religious celebration of the year in Russia.

The celebration, named “Christ Is Risen’, will begin with traditional Easter singing and will be followed by an entertaining program, complete with the poems, songs, festive performances and dancing featured for the audience, a press statement from the city administration said.

Primorye’s Archbishop Veniamin and Vladivostok’s Acting Mayor Yuri Koren will deliver speeches of welcome for Vladivostok residents, the statement reported. According to custom, a flock of pigeons and balloons will be released into the air, and church attendants will hand out Easter eggs, the holiday’s symbol, and sprinkle celebrants with holy water.

The Easter program will also feature performances given by local musical groups, a theatrical play and performances by elocutionists. The program will conclude with the ringing out of the church bells.

During the celebrations, the city’s residents will be offered Easter eggs and cheese cake Paskha, a traditional Easter feast meal, specially baked by the city’s bread manufacturer Vladkhleb.