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Celebrating Orthodox Easter

Orthodox Christians around the world mark the Easter holiday, with celebrations scaled back because of the pandemic.

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Celebrating Orthodox Easter

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  1. Celebrating Orthodox Easter

  2. An Orthodox priest sprays holy water on believers after a service that marks the Orthodox feast of Palm Sunday outside the Volodymyrsky Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine April 25, 2021.  REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

  3. Orthodox Christian worshippers attend the Holy Fire ceremony amid eased coronavirus restrictions at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City, May 1, 2021. REUTERS/Corinna Kern

  4. Orthodox Christian worshippers attend the Holy Fire ceremony amid eased coronavirus restrictions at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City, May 1, 2021. REUTERS/Corinna Kern

  5. A woman shows her painted eggs on the eve of Orthodox Easter in the Joseph-Volokolamsk monastery in Moscow region, Russia May 1, 2021. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

  6. Orthodox Christian worshippers attend the Holy Fire ceremony amid eased coronavirus restrictions at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City, May 1, 2021. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

  7. A man takes a selfie with nuns on Good Friday, amid eased coronavirus restrictions, in Jerusalem's Old City, April 30, 2021. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

  8. Worshippers kneel at the Stone of Anointing in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Good Friday, amid eased coronavirus restrictions, in Jerusalem's Old City, April 30, 2021. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

  9. Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III performs the "Washing of the Feet" ceremony, amid eased coronavirus restrictions, outside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City, April 29, 2021. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

  10. Orthodox Christian worshippers holding palm fronds walk during Palm Sunday, marking the start of Holy Week that ends on Easter Sunday, amid the eased coronavirus restrictions, in Jerusalem's Old City April 25, 2021. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

  11. A worshipper attends the Orthodox Easter service at Sioni Cathedral of the Dormition in Tbilisi, Georgia May 2, 2021. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze

  12. An Orthodox Christian worshipper holds her phone during a Palm Sunday procession, marking the start of Holy Week that ends on Easter Sunday, amid eased coronavirus restrictions, at the Ethiopian section in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in

  13. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I gives Easter eggs to a Ukrainian girl during the Orthodox Easter Service with limited attendance as part of measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus, in Istanbul, Turkey May 2, 2021.

  14. An Orthodox Christian worshipper holds a candle during the Holy Fire ceremony amid eased coronavirus restrictions at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City, May 1, 2021. REUTERS/Corinna Kern

  15. Orthodox Christians carry an icon of the Virgin Mary during a parade marking Easter near Bachkovo monastery, Bulgaria, May 3, 2021. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov

  16. Worshippers walk with candles around Sioni Cathedral of the Dormition during the Orthodox Easter service in Tbilisi, Georgia May 1, 2021. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze

  17. A boy holds a candle as he attends an Easter Resurrection Service with limited attendance as part of measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus, at the Patriarchal Church of St. George in Istanbul, Turkey early May 2, 2021.

  18. A Belarusian faithful prays during the Orthodox Easter Service led by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I with limited attendance as part of measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus, at the Patriarchal Church of St.

  19. A worshipper attends the Orthodox Easter service at Sioni Cathedral of the Dormition in Tbilisi, Georgia May 2, 2021. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze

  20. People attend Orthodox Easter service at St. John the Baptist Monastery after Macedonia's lift of the COVID-19 curfew for the Easter holiday, near Debar, North Macedonia May 1, 2021. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski

  21. An empty upper floor of the church is seen as Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I leads the Orthodox Easter Service with limited attendance as part of measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus, at the Patriarchal Church of St.

  22. An Ethiopian Orthodox Priest reads a Bible during the Easter Eve celebration at the St. Mary Rock-Hewn church in Lalibela, Ethiopia, May 1, 2021. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

  23. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I leads the Orthodox Easter Service with limited attendance as part of measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus, at the Patriarchal Church of St. George in Istanbul, Turkey May 2, 2021.

  24. Orthodox Christian worshippers attend the Holy Fire ceremony amid eased coronavirus restrictions at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City, May 1, 2021. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

  25. A priest sprinkles holy water on cakes and eggs during the Orthodox Easter celebrations at a military unit in the city of Novocherkassk in Rostov Region, Russia May 2, 2021. REUTERS/Sergey Pivovarov

  26. Head of Russia's Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill conducts the Orthodox Easter service at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, Russia May 1, 2021. Patriarchal Press Service/Handout via REUTERS

  27. A believer prays during the Orthodox Easter service in the Holy Transfiguration Cathedral in the rebel-controlled city of Donetsk, Ukraine May 1, 2021. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

  28. People wait for their food to be blessed on the eve of Orthodox Easter in the Joseph-Volokolamsk monastery in Moscow region, Russia May 1, 2021. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

  29. Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims attend the Easter Eve celebration at the St. Mary Rock-Hewn church in Lalibela, Ethiopia, May 1, 2021. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

  30. Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims attend the Easter Eve celebration at the St. Mary Rock-Hewn church in Lalibela, Ethiopia, May 1, 2021. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

  31. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I leads the Easter Resurrection Service with limited attendance as part of measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus, at the Patriarchal Church of St. George in Istanbul, Turkey early May 2, 2021.

  32. People attend Orthodox Easter service at St. John the Baptist Monastery after Macedonia's lift of the COVID-19 curfew for the Easter holiday, near Debar, North Macedonia May 1, 2021. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski

  33. Fireworks explode over the Parthenon temple to celebrate the Greek Orthodox Easter, amid the coronavirus outbreak, in Athens, Greece, May 1, 2021. REUTERS/Costas Baltas

  34. Orthodox Christian worshippers attend the Holy Fire ceremony amid eased coronavirus restrictions at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City, May 1, 2021. REUTERS/Corinna Kern

  35. People celebrate upon the arrival of the Holy Fire, near the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank May 1, 2021. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma

  36. A reverend leads the Good Friday prayer session at the Biftu Bole Mekane Yesus Lutheran church amid the coronavirus spread in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia April 30, 2021. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

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