From Orthodox Palm Sunday celebrations in Romania to Easter Sunday Mass in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Christians celebrated Easter over the weekend. Here are some more images from across the globe…
Romanian Orthodox priests and believers stand outside the Patriarchal Cathedral after an Orthodox Palm Sunday pilgrimage in Bucharest, Romania, on Saturday, 8th April , 2023. According to local media hundreds of priests and Orthodox worshippers marched through the Romanian capital and major cities ahead of Palm Sunday. PICTURE: AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru.
Priests participate in the Easter Sunday Mass led by the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa, at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where many Christians believe Jesus was crucified, buried and rose from the dead, in the Old City of Jerusalem, on Sunday, 9th April, 2023. PICTURE: AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean.
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People gather and sing songs of worship during an “Easter Sunrise Service” at the Lincoln Memorial, on Sunday, 9th April, 2023, in Washington, hosted by the National Community Church. PICTURE: AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster.
People attend an Easter Sunday procession in Panama City, on Sunday, 9th April, 2023. PICTURE: AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco.
Cardinals hold candles as Pope Francis presides over an Easter vigil ceremony in St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, on Saturday, 8th April, 2023. PICTURE: AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia.
A priest blesses the congregations during an Easter service, at the Church of St Theresa in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Saturday, 8th April, 2023. PICTURE: AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis.
Louis “Jerry” Barrios, second from left, reacts after being baptised by co-pastors Rev Brian Glasford, right, and his brother Rev Jason Glasford, left, in the Atlantic Ocean during an Easter sunrise service with the New Life Missionary Baptist Church, on Sunday, 9th April, 2023, in Miami Beach, Florida. PICTURE: AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee.