The German authorities canceled their decision to tighten quarantine measures for the Easter period. Angela Merkel recognized this step as a mistake and apologized to the believers during her speech in the Bundestag. The head of the German government noted that the harm from the introduction of additional restrictions would exceed the beneficial effect, she said.
Earlier, at the beginning of the week, the prime ministers of the federal states, at the insistence of Angela Merkel, decided to extend the lockdown by four weeks and tighten it during the Easter holidays. The rationale behind the introduction of the five-day restrictions seemed incomprehensible, especially since the overwhelming majority of German residents did not plan to leave their homes anyway.
In Germany, 64% of the population identify themselves as professing Christianity. The overwhelming majority (about 50 million people) are Catholics and Protestants. There are about 1.5 million Orthodox believers in the largest country in Europe.
This year, Catholics and Protestants celebrate the Bright Resurrection of Christ on April 4. Earlier we reported that the Russian Orthodox Church supports the idea of a single day for celebrating Easter.
