Picture This – AP Edition: Christians Around the World Celebrate Easter
A Christian pilgrim rests her head while praying during Easter Sunday Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the site where according to tradition Jesus was crucified and buried, in Jerusalem's Old City, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Catholics carry a statue of Jesus Christ during an Easter procession in Panama City's Casco Viejo, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Ukrainian Roman Catholic believers celebrate Easter in a cathedral in Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)
Christians attend an Easter Mass at the St. John's Cathedral, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)
Metropolitan Inokentiy, the leader of Orthodox Church in Lithuania, leads the Easter vigil Mass at the Orthodox Church of the Holy Spirit in Vilnius, Lithuania, shortly after midnight on Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
Dean of the College of Cardinals Giovanni Battista Re baptizes a woman as he leads the Easter vigil inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, April 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
An elderly woman prepares her Easter baskets to be blessed during celebration of the Orthodox Easter in Krasne village, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Christian faithful of the Legio Maria African Mission, attend the Easter vigil Mass in the informal settlement of Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya, Saturday, April 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
A child rests her head on a pew frontal during the Orthodox Easter service at the Armenian cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, April 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Filipino Catholic devotees light candles during Easter Sunday rites at the St. Peter Chapels in Quezon City, Philippines, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Basilio Sepe)
Two young women carry their baskets containing traditional cakes and painted eggs as Believers wait to be blessed by a Russian Orthodox priest, in preparation for an Easter celebration at the St. Boris and Gleb Monastery in the old Russian town of Dmitrov, some 70 km (44 miles) north of Moscow, Russia, Saturday, April 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Christian Orthodox worshippers attend the Easter Sunday Resurrection liturgy, marking the end of the Holy Week at the Patriarchal Church of St. George in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
A church destroyed in fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces is seen during celebration of the Orthodox Easter in Lukashivka village, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
A Christian Orthodox worshipper attends the Easter Sunday Resurrection liturgy, marking the end of the Holy Week at the Patriarchal Church of St. George in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
A Christian pilgrim rests her head while praying during Easter Sunday Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the site where according to tradition Jesus was crucified and buried, in Jerusalem's Old City, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Catholics carry a statue of Jesus Christ during an Easter procession in Panama City's Casco Viejo, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Ukrainian Roman Catholic believers celebrate Easter in a cathedral in Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)
Christians attend an Easter Mass at the St. John's Cathedral, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)
Metropolitan Inokentiy, the leader of Orthodox Church in Lithuania, leads the Easter vigil Mass at the Orthodox Church of the Holy Spirit in Vilnius, Lithuania, shortly after midnight on Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
Dean of the College of Cardinals Giovanni Battista Re baptizes a woman as he leads the Easter vigil inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, April 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
An elderly woman prepares her Easter baskets to be blessed during celebration of the Orthodox Easter in Krasne village, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Christian faithful of the Legio Maria African Mission, attend the Easter vigil Mass in the informal settlement of Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya, Saturday, April 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
A child rests her head on a pew frontal during the Orthodox Easter service at the Armenian cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, April 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Filipino Catholic devotees light candles during Easter Sunday rites at the St. Peter Chapels in Quezon City, Philippines, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Basilio Sepe)
Two young women carry their baskets containing traditional cakes and painted eggs as Believers wait to be blessed by a Russian Orthodox priest, in preparation for an Easter celebration at the St. Boris and Gleb Monastery in the old Russian town of Dmitrov, some 70 km (44 miles) north of Moscow, Russia, Saturday, April 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Christian Orthodox worshippers attend the Easter Sunday Resurrection liturgy, marking the end of the Holy Week at the Patriarchal Church of St. George in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
A church destroyed in fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces is seen during celebration of the Orthodox Easter in Lukashivka village, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
A Christian Orthodox worshipper attends the Easter Sunday Resurrection liturgy, marking the end of the Holy Week at the Patriarchal Church of St. George in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)