In pictures: Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter

Church leaders asked worshippers to stay at home to avoid spreading the novel coronavirus

Last updated: April 19, 2020 | 10:31

Compiled by Christian Borbon, Digital Content Editor

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Archimandrite Partenie attends Orthodox Easter service at St. John the Baptist Monastery near Mavroro as the service is streamed online.

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Deacons swing incense censers during the Easter Vigil at the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Savvas in the old walled city of the Cypriot capital Nicosia

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Orthodox monks attend Orthodox Easter service at St. John the Baptist Monastery near Mavroro.

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Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill, background center, conducts the church’s main service celebrating Orthodox Easter at Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, Russia.

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Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill, center, conducts the church’s main service celebrating Orthodox Easter at Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, Russia.

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Clergymen and the head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Neophyte, center, take part in the festive midnight Mass in front of Alexander Nevsky cathedral in Sofia, Bulgaria.

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Patriarch Kirill, head of Russia's Orthodox Church, conducts the Orthodox Easter service at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour.

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Fireworks explode over the Parthenon temple to celebrate the Greek Orthodox Easter in Athens, Greece.

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Orthodox nuns and monks attend Orthodox Easter service at St. John the Baptist Monastery near Mavroro in North Macedonia

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Patriarch Kirill, head of Russia's Orthodox Church, conducts the Easter service at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour.

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Orthodox monks attend Orthodox Easter service at St. John the Baptist Monastery near Mavroro as the service is streamed online.

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