Easter weekend: Christian holiday marked around the world
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France Holy Week The cross is presented to the faithful during the Way of Cross ceremony to mark Good Friday, outside the Sacre Coeur basilica, Friday, April 18, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Britain Good Friday The Passion of Jesus is performed to crowds in Trafalgar Square, central London, Friday April 18, 2025. (Lucy North/PA via AP)
France Holy Week Paris Archbishop Laurent Ulrich, second left, carries the cross during the Way of Cross ceremony to mark Good Friday, as he leaves the Sacre Coeur basilica, Friday, April 18, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
APTOPIX France Holy Week Paris Archbishop Laurent Ulrich, right, leans to the cross during the Way of Cross ceremony to mark Good Friday, outside the Sacre Coeur basilica, Friday, April 18, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
New Mexico Good Friday Members of the Danza Señor San Jose dance group perform behind El Santuario De Chimayo in Northern New Mexico on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. Chimayo, N.M. (AP Photo/Roberto E. Rosales)
Pakistan Good Friday A Christian woman prays during a service at St. Anthony Church, marking Good Friday, in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
Vatican Good Friday Delegate of the Holy Father, Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Oriental Churches, prostrates himself during the Good Friday service he led inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Cyprus Orthodox Easter The deputy mayor of the Cypriot village of Kathikas Charalmbos Phylahtou, re-enacts the Procession to Calvary, or Christ carrying the cross to his crucifixion, through the village streets, flanked by villagers resembling Roman military and with the faithful following in procession in Kathikas village in Paphos district on holy Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
Cyprus Orthodox Easter The deputy mayor of the Cypriot village of Kathikas Charalmbos Phylahtou, re-enacts the Procession to Calvary, or Christ carrying the cross to his crucifixion, through the village streets, flanked by villagers resembling Roman military and with the faithful following in procession in Kathikas village in Paphos district on holy Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
Cyprus Orthodox Easter The deputy mayor of the Cypriot village of Kathikas Charalmbos Phylahtou, re-enacts the Procession to Calvary, or Christ carrying the cross to his crucifixion, through the village streets, flanked by villagers resembling Roman military and with the faithful following in procession in Kathikas village in Paphos district on holy Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
Britain Easter Pilgrims carry crosses across the sands at low tide to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne in Northumberland, north England, during the annual Christian Easter pilgrimage on Good Friday, Friday April 18, 2025. (Jane Barlow/PA via AP)
Britain Good Friday Pilgrims carry wooden crosses on Good Friday across the sands at low tide to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, in Northumberland, north England, during the annual Christian Easter pilgrimage, Friday April 18, 2025. (Jane Barlow/PA via AP)
Kenya Holy Week Actors perform the Way of the Cross on Good Friday during Easter Holy in the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Kenya Holy Week An actor portraying Jesus Christ carries a cross during a Way of the Cross reenactment during Easter Holy Week celebrations in the Kibera informal settlement of Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Serbia Orthodox Easter A vendor arranges hand-decorated Easter eggs, on Orthodox Good Friday at a green market in Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Turkey Orthodox Easter A Greek Christian Orthodox priest carries a wooden cross during the service of the Holy Passion at the Patriarchal Church of St. George, in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Turkey Orthodox Easter A Christian Orthodox worshipper lights candles during the service of the Holy Passion at the Patriarchal Church of St. George, in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Serbia Orthodox Easter A vendor prepares hand-decorated Easter eggs, on Orthodox Good Friday at a green market in Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Serbia Orthodox Easter A buyer chooses hand decorated Easter eggs, on Orthodox Good Friday at a green market in Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Bulgaria Holy Week Eggs dyed red are polished in the kitchen at Bachkovo Monastery during preparations for Easter in Bachkovo, Bulgaria, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)
Turkey Orthodox Easter A Greek Christian Orthodox priests carries a wooden cross during the service of the Holy Passion at the Patriarchal Church of St. George, in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Czech Republic Easter Participants dressed in black, wearing masks, beating drums and pushing small carts that make a synchronized and loud sound take part in an Easter procession through the streets of Ceske Budejovice, in Czech Republic, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Czech Republic Easter Participant blows a horn during an Easter procession through the streets of Ceske Budejovice, in Czech Republic, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Czech Republic Easter Participants dressed in black, wearing masks, beating drums and pushing small carts that make a synchronized and loud sound take part in an Easter procession through the streets of Ceske Budejovice, in Czech Republic, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
