Uspenski Cathedral

The Uspenski Cathedral in Helsinki is the largest Orthodox church in all of Western and Northern Europe.
There was a spectacular many hours midnight service last night. The service begins in darkness, with everyone inside the church holding an unlit candle. The priest then lights his candle from the altar flame and passes the light to the candle of the next person, who will pass it to the next. When all candles are lit, the priest leads a cross-procession out and around the church. The procession stops in front of the closed church doors and the hymn of resurrection is sung. The church is filled with light, the bells are ringing, and people greet one another by kissing each other three times on the cheeks.
Then they go home to eat. I was not there, I read reports.
The Orthodox Easter and the western Protestant and Catholic Easter coincide this year and next year. It´s a very unusual event.