Covid-themed candles are best-sellers in Greece for Orthodox Easter

An employee places candles that resemble Covid-19 test kits and vaccination syringes at a store in Athens, Greece (Thanassis Stavrakis/AP)

Pandemic-themed candles that resemble Covid-19 test kits, vaccination syringes and even red-coloured representations of the ball-and-spike shaped virus itself have proved popular in Greece this Easter.

Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter this Sunday, with a combination of church and family traditions that Americans might relate to as a fusion of Christmas and Thanksgiving.