Port Moresby City was very quiet this Good Friday, as many Christians in the country went for church services, Catholic faithfuls had their Stations of the Cross this morning as early as 5am.
The event involved a procession with the Cross being carried by the Faithfuls, starting from St. Joseph Catholic Church in East Boroko and ended at the Sacred Heart Parish in Hohola.
The roads are not busy, less traffic, many business houses and shops closed with only very few open that had customers doing Easter Shopping for Easter kaikai.
With alcohol ban this Easter Weekend, the city started of Good Friday on a very quiet and peaceful note.
We took to the street to ask people what Easter means to them; thus, many stated Easter is the time when all Christian honour and remember the Man who died on the cross more than 2000 years ago on Mt Calvary.
Others stated that it is a time when one is reminded to repent and acknowledge that all have sinned and come short of his glory but through crucifixion we can be in his glory.
For the religious, it’s a time of church services, prayers, and rituals. For the secular world, it means feasting, games, and the Easter Bunny, but each culture pays respect in its own way to Christ who after His crucifixion, death, and burial, rose from the grave three days later and by this, He conquered death and redeemed us from sin.