From the Vatican City to India, Ukraine and Panama, take a look at how millions around the world celebrated Easter.
Easter around the world
Pope Francis appears on the central lodge of St. Peter’s Basilica to bestow the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for to the city and to the world) blessing at the end of the Easter mass presided over by Cardinal Angelo Comastri in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Sunday, April 20, 2025.
(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
People in traditional Ukrainian clothes perform folk dances during celebration of Orthodox Easter at the Museum of Folk Architecture and Life in Lviv, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 20, 2025.
(AP Photo/Mykola Tys)
In this image from video distributed by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Sunday, April 20, 2025, Russian soldiers attend a religious service on eve of Orthodox Easter at an unspecified location in Ukraine.
(Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world’s Eastern Orthodox Christians, leads 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)
Syriac Orthodox Christians take part in Easter celebrations in the Old City of Damascus, Syria, Sunday, April 20, 2025.
(AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
People stand in line to kiss an icon during the celebration of Orthodox Easter at Cross Lower Church of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 20, 2025.
(AP Photo/George Ivanchenko)
Elderly Catholics in a group sing religious songs as they walk in a procession celebrating Easter Sunday commemorating the day when according to Christian tradition Jesus was resurrected in Jerusalem two millennia ago, in Kolkata, India, Sunday, April 20, 2025.
(AP Photo/Bikas Das)
In this image from video distributed by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Sunday, April 20, 2025, Russian soldiers attend a religious service on eve of Orthodox Easter at an unspecified location in Ukraine.
(Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
In this image from video distributed by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Sunday, April 20, 2025, Russian soldiers attend a religious service on eve of Orthodox Easter at an unspecified location in Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
A reveler wearing decorated hat and costume pause for a portrait as she participates in the annual Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival in front of St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Sunday, April 20, 2025, in New York.
(AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
A groomsman shield his brides from the sun as they queue during a mass Easter weddings for 3,000 people, some polygamous, at The International Pentecost Holiness Church in Heidelberg, east of Johannesburg, South Africa, Sunday, April 20, 2025.
(AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
Revelers wearing decorated hats and costumes participate in the annual Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival in front of St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Sunday, April 20, 2025, in New York.
(AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Revelers wearing decorated hats and costumes participate in the annual Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral on Sunday, April 20, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
A reveler, unseen, pushes a stroller carrying his cats as they participate in the annual Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival in front of St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Sunday, April 20, 2025, in New York.
(AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Indian Catholics dance in the street as they take part in a procession celebrating Easter Sunday commemorating the day when according to Christian tradition Jesus was resurrected in Jerusalem two millennia ago, in Kolkata, India, Sunday, April 20, 2025.
(AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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)
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)
A Christian Orthodox worshipper lights candles during 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 Orthodox worshipper prays at the end of the Easter Sunday Resurrection liturgy, marking the end of the Holy Week at the Hagia Triada church, in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, April 20, 2025.
(AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
A priest blesses a girl and Easter baskets during the celebration of Orthodox Easter at Cross Lower Church of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 20, 2025.
(AP Photo/George Ivanchenko)
Indian Catholics dance in the street as the walk in a procession celebrating Easter Sunday commemorating the day when according to Christian tradition Jesus was resurrected in Jerusalem two millennia ago, in Kolkata, India, Sunday, April 20, 2025.
(AP Photo/Bikas Das)
Pope Francis tours St. Peter’s Square in his popemobile after bestowing the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for to the city and to the world) blessing at the end of the Easter mass presided over by Cardinal Angelo Comastri in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Sunday, April 20, 2025.
(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Faithful attend the Easter mass presided over by Cardinal Angelo Comastri in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Sunday, April 20, 2025.
(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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