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Gaza’s Orthodox Christians observed subdued Easter Sunday ceremonies amid the roar of Israeli warplanes and ongoing shelling of the besieged Palestinian enclave. Celebrations were limited to around 100 Christian families at the Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza City, where they were confined to prayers and religious rituals without any of the typical festivities, Imad al-Sayegh, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Gaza Churches Union, told the Anadolu Agency. Al-Sayegh, who, along with other Christian families, sought refuge at the Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza City’s eastern distr…

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