In Pics | Easter celebrations around the worldAs the festival of Easter is being celebrated on Sunday, devotees took part in mass and prayer sessions in churches across the globe. Easter is a holy Christian festival that celebrates Jesus rising from the dead, three days after he was crucified. These pictures show what the celebrations looked like in India, and around the world.
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In Pics | Easter celebrations around the world
A father celebrates the highest Easter mass in Europe at the Grandes Platières in Flaine, 2480 meters above sea level in front of Mont Blanc. Credit: AFP Photo
Members of the Legio Maria of African Church Mission in a church procession sing and hold candles in prayer during Easter celebrations just before midnight in Nairobi. Credit: AFP Photo
Pope Francis delivers his
Christians participate in the Easter Sunday rally in Kolkata. Credit: PTI Photo
Egyptian Coptic Christians during a mass marking Palm Sunday at the Saint Simon Church, also known as the Cave Church, in the Mokattam district of the capital Cairo. Credit: AFP Photo
Christians attend an Easter Sunday service in the Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Odesa, amid Russia's military invasion of Ukraine. Credit: AFP Photo
Pope Francis salutes Christian worshippers from the popemobile car following the Easter mass at St. Peter's square in The Vatican. Credit: AFP Photo
Christians light candles and pray in a church on the occasion of Easter, in Ranchi. Credit: PTI Photo
Christians attend a mass marking Easter Sunday at the Syriac Catholic Church in Syria's northern city of Aleppo in Syria. Credit: AFP Photo
Ukrainian servicemen are sprinkled with holy water as they attend the consecration of the willow branches on Palm Sunday, amid Russia's invasion, at a church in Lviv, Ukraine. Credit: Reuters Photo
Pope Francis greets cardinals and bishops at the end of the Easter Mass at St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. Credit: Reuters Photo
People pray in a church on the occasion of Easter Sunday, in Jammu. Credit: PTI Photo
Christian take part in a Good Friday procession in Amritsar. Credit: PTI Photo