Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio

The special lockdown imposed on Slovakia for the Easter holidays - in addition to the general ban on Church attendance during the coronavirus pandemic - has had a particular impact on the lives of practicing Christians, for whom Easter week is the most important holiday season of the year. In the days leading up to Easter we spoke with Fr Ben Kosnac, a Catholic priest and the main pastoral figure for the only English-language Sunday mass in Bratislava, about the impact of these restrictions on the life of the Church, especially on the elderly. We also REPEAT a special interview with author, poet and paster Daniel Pastirčák from last year at this time, about what Easter means to him.