On Easter night, the curfew will be in effect from 11:00 p.m. on May 1 until 04:00 a.m. on May 2. In connection with the Easter liturgy, the Coordinating Council decided to allow exceptions only for one night and allow the believers to attend the temple from 11:00 pm to 04:00 am.
Representatives of other denominations consider the government's decision to be discriminatory, as the Georgian government refused to lift the curfew on Easter Sunday a few weeks ago, The decision of government, representatives of other denominations assessed as discrimination since a few weeks ago the Georgian government refused to lift curfews for the Catholic Church on Easter, and restrictions remained in place for the Evangelical Baptist Church on Christmas.
"It was most ridiculous when the government lifted the curfew for a football match and did nothing for Novruz Bayram that same week," said Rusudan Gotsiridze, bishop of the Georgian Evangelical Baptist Church.
The government refused to lift the ban for the Muslim community for one night when they celebrated Novruz Bayram.