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CHINE

Catholics hold candles during Easter mass at the Beijing Southern Catholic Church April 3, 2010.

Children hold candles during Easter mass at the Beijing Southern Catholic Church April 3, 2010.

A catholic holds a candle during an Easter mass at the Beijing Southern Catholic Church April 3, 2010.

SAINTE RUSSIE

A Russian Orthodox priest blesses Easter cakes and colored eggs during an Orthodox Easter ceremony at a church in Moscow, April 3, 2010.

Orthodox believers stand with candles during an Easter service in the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, in the early hours of Sunday, April 4, 2010.

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill conducts an Easter service in the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, in the early hours of Sunday, April 4, 2010.

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill conducts an Easter service in the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, in the early hours of Sunday, April 4, 2010

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (L), his wife Svetlana (C) and Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attend an Orthodox Easter service at Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow April 3, 2010

Interior Ministry officers stand guard during an Orthodox Easter service at Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow April 4, 2010

Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill holds Orthodox Holy Fire candles during an Orthodox Easter service at Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow April 3, 2010

Clerics take part in an Easter mass at a Catholic church in the centre of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk April 3,

A woman protects a lit candle fixed in an Easter cake from the wind before an Orthodox Easter service near Andreyevsky Cathedral in the Russian southern city of Stavropol April 3, 2010.

UKRAINE

Orthodox priests take part in a Holy Fire ceremony during an Orthodox Easter service at Kievo-Pecherskaya Lavra cathedral in Kiev late April 3, 2010

An Orthodox priest (C) holds a candle for worshippers to light their candles at a Holy Fire ceremony during an Orthodox Easter service at Kievo-Pecherskaya Lavra cathedral in Kiev late April 3, 2010

Worshippers hold lit candles as they take part in a Holy Fire ceremony during an Orthodox Easter service at Kievo-Pecherskaya Lavra cathedral in Kiev late April 3, 2010.

An Orthodox priest (C) holds a candle for worshippers to light their candles during a Holy Fire ceremony during an Orthodox Easter service at Kievo-Pecherskaya Lavra cathedral in Kiev late April 3, 2010

BULGARIE

The head of Bulgaria's Orthodox Church, 95-year-old Patriarch Maxim (C) leads the Easter mass at the golden-domed "Alexander Nevski" cathedral in Sofia, April 3, 2010.

Worshippers light candles during the Easter mass at the golden-domed "Alexander Nevski" cathedral in Sofia, April 3, 2010

Head of Bulgaria's Orthodox Church, 95-year-old Patriarch Maxim (C), lights a candle during Easter mass at golden-domed Alexander Nevski Cathedral in Sofia, April 3, 2010

The head of Bulgaria's Orthodox Church, 95-year-old Patriarch Maxim leads the Easter mass at the golden-domed "Alexander Nevski" cathedral in Sofia, April 3, 2010

GEORGIE

A woman holds a lit candle while attending an Easter mass in Tbilisi April 3, 2010

A woman holds a lit candle while attending an Easter mass in Tbilisi April 3, 2010.

IRAK

Worshippers reach for a crucifix during a mass at Mar Youssif Chaldean Church in Baghdad Saturday, April 3, 2010

Iraqi Christians pray during a mass at Mar Youssif Chaldean Church in Baghdad Saturday, April 3, 2010

A child holds a candle during Easter mass at a church in Larantuka, Indonesia's Flores island April 3, 2010