Orthodox Christians worldwide celebrate Easter, an outdoor festival with religious services, pagan traditions, feasts, and community gatherings.
Easter is the most significant holiday in the Orthodox religious calendar. It is celebrated by millions of believers in Eastern & Southern Europe, the Middle East, and beyond.
In this time exposure photo, Orthodox worshippers trail candle lights around a church during Easter midnight mass in St Petersburg, Russia.
An Orthodox Christian worshipper holds a cross during a Good Friday procession at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem's Old City.
Men carry the "Epitaph," the procession of Jesus' funeral bier, into the sea in the town of Tolo, Greece.
Christian Orthodox Metropolitan Maximos of Selyvria arrives to lead the service of the Holy Passion at the Patriarchal Church of St George in Istanbul, Turkey.
Lieutenant General Serhiy Nayev, Commander of the Joint Forces of the Ukrainian Army, joins an Easter meal with Ukrainian servicemen stationed in Kyiv.
People save icons as they clear the rubble after a Russian rocket ruined an Orthodox church in a rocket attack on Easter night in Komyshuvakha, Ukraine.
Christian pilgrims hold candles during the Holy Fire ceremony, a day before Easter, at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem's Old City.
Orthodox Christians clergy and nuns hold candles as they arrive for the Holy Fire ceremony in Jerusalem's Old City.
Ethiopian Orthodox Christians gather for Palm Sunday celebrations at the Ethiopian monks' quarters on the rooftop of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.
A young parishioner prepares to take part in a religion procession during the Orthodox Easter service at the Church of the Holy Martyr Tatiana in Moscow, Russia.
Christian pilgrims hold candles during the Holy Fire ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem's Old City.
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, of the Eastern Orthodox Church, based in Istanbul, conducts Mass at the Church of St George in Gokceada, Turkey.
Orthodox Christian worshippers carry crosses during the Good Friday procession at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem's Old City.