Orthodox Easter

Updated On Apr 15, 2012 11:44 pm IST
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Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, conducts an Easter service in Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, Russia. AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, conducts an Easter service in Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, Russia. AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko

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A Greek orthodox priest holds a candle with the holy flame at Agios Dimitrios (Saint Dimitrios) church during the resurrection of Jesus Christ procession marking the end of the Christian orthodox Easter week, in the northern port city of Thessaloniki, Greece. AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Apr 15, 2012 11:44 pm IST

A Greek orthodox priest holds a candle with the holy flame at Agios Dimitrios (Saint Dimitrios) church during the resurrection of Jesus Christ procession marking the end of the Christian orthodox Easter week, in the northern port city of Thessaloniki, Greece. AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis

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Old Believers Church followers hold candles during an Easter service at an Old Believers Church cathedral in Moscow, Russia. AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Old Believers Church followers hold candles during an Easter service at an Old Believers Church cathedral in Moscow, Russia. AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr

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A woman lights a candle during the Easter service at the golden-domed Alexander Nevski Cathedral in Sofia. AFP/ Nikolay Doychinov expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A woman lights a candle during the Easter service at the golden-domed Alexander Nevski Cathedral in Sofia. AFP/ Nikolay Doychinov

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Bosnian Serb lady Tatjana Jovanovic, in quiet reflection, during liturgy on Orthodox Easter, in an Orthodox Church in Tuzla, 140 kms north of Sarajevo. AP Photo/Amel Emric expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Bosnian Serb lady Tatjana Jovanovic, in quiet reflection, during liturgy on Orthodox Easter, in an Orthodox Church in Tuzla, 140 kms north of Sarajevo. AP Photo/Amel Emric

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Archimandrite Partenie (C) leads the Orthodox Christian Easter service in the 10th century monastery of St John the Baptist "Sv Jovan Bigorski" near Mavrovo, 130 km (81 miles) west of Macedonia's capital Skopje Reuters/Ognen Teofilovski expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Archimandrite Partenie (C) leads the Orthodox Christian Easter service in the 10th century monastery of St John the Baptist "Sv Jovan Bigorski" near Mavrovo, 130 km (81 miles) west of Macedonia's capital Skopje Reuters/Ognen Teofilovski

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A woman receives communion from a clergyman during a mass of an Orthodox Easter at the Roman Orthodox patriarchate in Damascus. Reuters/Khaled al Hariri expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A woman receives communion from a clergyman during a mass of an Orthodox Easter at the Roman Orthodox patriarchate in Damascus. Reuters/Khaled al Hariri

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A Christian visits the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally believed to be the burial site of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem's Old City. AP Photo/Ariel Schalit expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A Christian visits the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally believed to be the burial site of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem's Old City. AP Photo/Ariel Schalit

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A priest blesses worshippers during an Orthodox Easter service at Kievo-Pecherskaya Lavra cathedral in Kiev. Reuters/Anatolii Stepanov expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A priest blesses worshippers during an Orthodox Easter service at Kievo-Pecherskaya Lavra cathedral in Kiev. Reuters/Anatolii Stepanov

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