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Church goers with their basket of food blessed by the priest
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Ukrainians living in the UAE mark Orthodox Easter Sunday at the St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Abu Dhabi. Photos: Ruel Pableo for The National
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The priest blesses a devotee after the service to mark Orthodox Easter Sunday at the St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Abu Dhabi
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Ukrainians at the St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Abu Dhabi. Ruel Pableo for The National
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Liliia Datsyna and Andrii Opanashchuk with their basket of food blessed by a priest
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Church goers at the St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Abu Dhabi
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Ukrainian residents pray for their country which is at war, at the St. Joseph’s Cathedral
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The priest during the prayer service
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Prayers to mark the Orthodox Easter Sunday
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The priest blesses worshippers at the St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Abu Dhabi
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Easter goodies at the St. Joseph’s Cathedral
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Worshippers pray at the steps of the Cathedral
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Church goers with their basket of food blessed by the priest
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Ukrainians living in the UAE mark Orthodox Easter Sunday at the St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Abu Dhabi. Photos: Ruel Pableo for The National
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The priest blesses a devotee after the service to mark Orthodox Easter Sunday at the St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Abu Dhabi
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Ukrainians at the St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Abu Dhabi. Ruel Pableo for The National
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Liliia Datsyna and Andrii Opanashchuk with their basket of food blessed by a priest
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Church goers at the St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Abu Dhabi
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Ukrainian residents pray for their country which is at war, at the St. Joseph’s Cathedral
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The priest during the prayer service
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Prayers to mark the Orthodox Easter Sunday
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The priest blesses worshippers at the St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Abu Dhabi
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Easter goodies at the St. Joseph’s Cathedral
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Worshippers pray at the steps of the Cathedral
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Church goers with their basket of food blessed by the priest
Ukrainian community marks Orthodox Easter Sunday at St Joseph’s Cathedral in Abu Dhabi
Ukrainians in the UAE pray for their war-torn homeland, 417 days after Russia’s invasion
Emma Pearson
16 April, 2023
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