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Worshipers carry the Epitaph in the sea, while others light flares, during the Holy Friday celebrations of Orthodox Easter at the Tolo beach, eastern Peloponnese, in Greece, on April 14, 2023. Orthodox Easter is celebrated this year on April 16. [Vangelis Bougiotis/EPA]

With flowing kaftans, fluid separates and glamorous maxi dresses, Western luxury fashion brands are increasingly targeting the monied Middle Eastern market with Ramadan capsule collections.

Political leaders have attended Good Friday ceremonies and the Epitaphios processions.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, accompanied by his family, attended the ceremonies on Tinos.

Main opposition SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras participated in the ceremonies in a village on Corfu, where he is spending Easter with his family.

Police in central Athens removed animal rights activists from Syntagma Square as the Good Friday candlelit Epitaphios (funerary) procession was taking place.

As the procession entered the square, a small group of activists approached the clerics and held placards stating "There is no excuse for animal abuse" and chanted slogans "against the slaughter of animals".

Today is Good Friday for the Orthodox world.

This day is a memory of the sufferings, unjust judgment, crucifixion and death on the cross of Jesus Christ. These events form the basis of today's special church services.

In the morning, the Holy Shroud is taken out for worship, which symbolizes the position in the Savior's grave.

Holy Wednesday in the Christian tradition is the Wednesday of Holy Week. In Orthodoxy, it is associated with the evangelical Parable of the Two Debtors, in which Jesus Christ points to the forgiveness of sinners as more important than that of the righteous.

Kim Kardashian has long been known to "slay," and now, she may be taking that to the next level.

On April 10, the reality star announced on social media that she and actress Emma Roberts are set to be a part of the next season of FX's "American Horror Story," CNN has reported.

A study of the consumption of cultural products by the adult population of the Republic of Bulgaria shows rather worrying data. It was made within the project "Laboratory Right to Culture" of the association "Factory for Ideas" and was financed by the National Fund "Culture" under the program "Support for the recovery and development of private cultural organizations".

Nearly 28,000 foreign nationals have been deported in 2023 so far, the Interior Ministry's Directorate of Migration Management has announced.

In a post on its Twitter account, the directorate elaborated that nearly 2,500 irregular migrants were caught, while more than 1,800 were deported between March 31 and April 6.

Institut Français in Türkiye presents a new exhibition, titled "Scordatura Istanbul," which is an audio and visual tour in megapolis Istanbul. Painter Patrick Singh and musician Jérôme Fohrer's dual perspectives allow visitors to see and listen to the world city Istanbul in a different way.