Overview
- Churches reported large turnouts Sunday across Mizoram, Meghalaya, Hyderabad and Pakistan’s twin cities.
- Many congregations held nightlong vigils that led into sunrise prayers, including a 4:30 am service with a police band at Hyderabad’s Methodist Boys’ High School.
- In Mizoram, congregations shared Easter eggs after worship and held community feasts, with some parishes planning evening processions.
- Pakistan’s federal and Punjab governments declared Monday a public holiday for Christian employees, and police monitored churches with CCTV as part of security plans.
- Local culture shaped events from Shillong’s annual Easter dance to Hyderabad cantatas, multilingual services and reenactments of the resurrection.