Orthodox Maundy Thursday and Holy Friday Ceremonies 2011- Snaps Worldwide

23/4/2011 Jerusalem and Holy Land:Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos washes the foot of a priest during the traditional washing of the feet ceremony outside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City Romania: A woman holds a lit candle in front of the graves of her relatives at a cemetery in the village of Copaciu, 42km southwest of Bucharest, early morning April 21, 2011. Orthodox women went to church and cemeteries in the early morning on Maundy Thursday to light candles, burn incense and mourn their dead relatives as part of a southern Romania tradition. Greece: A Greek Orthodox priest raises a covered image of Jesus Christ during a procession on Good Friday at Penteli monastery, north of Athens Bulgaria: Bulgarian East-Orthodox believers wait in line to pass under a table where the Bible is placed during the Good Friday service in the golden-domed Alexander Nevski cathedral in Sofia Serbia: Kosovo Serb woman Sladjana Jovanovic dyes Easter eggs on Good Friday in the village of Ugljare, Kosovo Macedonia: A mother and child crawl under a table where a Bible is placed during Good Friday celebrations on April 22, 2011.

23/4/2011 Jerusalem and Holy Land:Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos washes the foot of a priest during the traditional washing of the feet ceremony outside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City Romania: A woman holds a lit candle in front of the graves of her relatives at a cemetery in the village of Copaciu, 42km southwest of Bucharest, early morning April 21, 2011. Orthodox women went to church and cemeteries in the early morning on Maundy Thursday to light candles, burn incense and mourn their dead relatives as part of a southern Romania tradition. Greece: A Greek Orthodox priest raises a covered image of Jesus Christ during a procession on Good Friday at Penteli monastery, north of Athens Bulgaria: Bulgarian East-Orthodox believers wait in line to pass under a table where the Bible is placed during the Good Friday service in the golden-domed Alexander Nevski cathedral in Sofia Serbia: Kosovo Serb woman Sladjana Jovanovic dyes Easter eggs on Good Friday in the village of Ugljare, Kosovo Macedonia: A mother and child crawl under a table where a Bible is placed during Good Friday celebrations on April 22, 2011.

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Orthodox Maundy Thursday and Holy Friday Ceremonies 2011- Snaps Worldwide

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