Orthodox Paschal Celebrations 2011- Worldwide Snaps

Jerusalem: Ethiopian Orthodox worshippers hold candles during the Holy Fire ceremony at the Ethiopian section of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City April 23, 2011.

Turkey: Greek Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I leads an Easter service at the Patriarchal Cathedral of St. George in Istanbul

Egypt: Coptic Orthodox priests and Egyptian Christian worshipers take part in a ceremony at the Coptic Hanging Church in the old Cairo area of Cairo, Egypt on Easter eve Saturday

Russia: Children have a festive meal in the village of Poteryaevka, inhabited by members of an Orthodox community, some 200 km (124 miles) southwest of the city of Barnaul in Russia's Altai region on the day of Easter celebrations, April 24, 2011

Cyprus: In this late Saturday April 23, 2011, Christian Orthodox believers view a bonfire next to Agios Nikolaos (Saint Nickolas) Christian Orthodox church in Lakatamia suburb of capital Nicosia, Cyprus. Cypriots lit the traditional Easter bonfires, or lambradjia, as it is known in Cyprus, where they burned effigies of Judas Hiscariot, the disciple thought to have betrayed Jesus.

Ukraine:Elderly Ukrainian women who are illegal settlers in the 30 km (19 miles) exclusion zone around the closed Chernobyl nuclear power plant, wait at the midnight Orthodox Easter service in the town of Chernobyl April 23, 2011

Macedonia: Orthodox believers hold candles during a midnight Easter service in the Orthodox Christian church of Skopje

Bulgaria: Worshippers attend an Orthodox Easter service in the golden-domed Alexander Nevski cathedral in Sofi

Albania: Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana Durres and All Albania bless worshipers during holy week ceremony

Romania: Orthodox believers visit the ossuary of Pasarea monastery shortly after the Easter religious service as local nuns lights-up candles for people who have died in Pasarea village (20km east from Bucharest) April 24, 2011

Eriterian Orthodox Bishop of USA Abune Makarius reads Paschal Message.

United Kingdom: Candles and black Cross arranged for the Liturgy by the British Orthodox Christians

United States of America: Elderly women take part in Holy Week Ceremony

Georgia: People walk around Sioni cathedral during an Orthodox Easter service in Tbilisi

Finland: Finnish Orthodox Church Museum Icon of Pascha

Serbia: Patriarch Irinej observing the display of Easter Eggs in Belgrade

Greece: People enjoying food in Athens prior to Paschal celebrations

Poland: Polish Orthodox Christians observing Holy Week

India: Catholicos of East Baselius Paulose II appears on official Church Internet TV delivering Paschal Message

Moldova: Procession with the Holy Fire from Jerusalem

Easter in St.Raguel Ethiopian Orthodox Church

Armenian Prelates processes during Easter Sunday Liturgy inside the Church of the Holy Sepulcher

Bosnian Serb Orthodox belivers light candles for their loved ones after an Easter Sunday Church service in Sarajevo, on April 24, 2011

Lipovans, members of a Russian minority, walk around their church during the Orthodox Easter midnight mass held in the Slavonic language in Manolea village, 400 km (245 miles) northeast Bucharest April 24, 2011. The Lipovans settled in Romania some 300 years ago because of the religious persecutions in Russia and preserved their traditions like speaking Slavonic, the old Russian language, crossing themselves with two fingers and married men wear beards