A biker on a street in Simferopol carrying a flag with an image of St. Andrew the First-Called on Orthodox Easter.08.04.2018#5471465
Metropolitan Lazar of Simferopol and Crimea, center, during the ceremony to welcome Holy Fire at Simferopol’s St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral as part of Easter celebrations.08.04.2018#5471467
Meeting Holy Fire at Simferopol’s St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral as part of Easter celebrations.08.04.2018#5471466
Meeting Holy Fire at Simferopol’s St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral as part of Easter celebrations.08.04.2018#5471464
Believers at a cross procession following the Easter service at the Church of Archangel Michael in Grozny.08.04.2018#5471349
Believers attend Easter service at St. Nicholas the Wonderworker lighthouse church in Malorechenskoye (Greater Alushta).08.04.2018#5471348
Believers attend Easter service at St. Nicholas the Wonderworker lighthouse church in Malorechenskoye (Greater Alushta).08.04.2018#5471347
Metropolitan Lazar of Simferopol and Crimea holds Easter service at a church in Simferopol.07.04.2018#5471346
Metropolitan Lazar of Simferopol and Crimea holds Easter service at a church in Simferopol.07.04.2018#5471345
Believers light candles from the Holy Fire during Easter service at Naval Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Kronstadt.08.04.2018#5471336
A priest during Easter service at the Church of the Descent of the Holy Spirit in Kazan.07.04.2018#5471317
A believer attends Easter service at the Church of the Descent of the Holy Spirit in Kazan.07.04.2018#5471316
Priests during a cross procession following the Ester service at the Church of the Descent of the Holy Spirit in Kazan.08.04.2018#5471315
Parishioners attend Easter service at the Church of the Descent of the Holy Spirit in Kazan.07.04.2018#5471313
Parishioners attend Easter service at the Church of the Descent of the Holy Spirit in Kazan.08.04.2018#5471307
St. Nicholas the Wonderworker lighthouse church in Malorechenskoye (Greater Alushta).07.04.2018#5471266
A sacred procession during an Easter service at St. Nicholas the Wonderworker lighthouse church in Malorechenskoye (Greater Alushta).08.04.2018#5471265
A sacred procession during an Easter service at St. Nicholas the Wonderworker lighthouse church in Malorechenskoye (Greater Alushta).08.04.2018#5471264
Metropolitan Kirill of Yekaterinburg and Verkhnyaya Tura holds candles lit from the Holy Fire during an Easter service at St. Trinity Cathedral in Yekaterinburg.08.04.2018#5471244
Priests share the Holy Fire during an Easter service at St. Trinity Cathedral in Yekaterinburg.08.04.2018#5471220
Sverdlovsk Region Governor Yevgeny Kuivashev, left, and Metropolitan Kirill of Yekaterinburg and Verkhnyaya Tura during Easter service at St. Trinity Cathedral in Yekaterinburg.08.04.2018#5471219
A sacred procession during an Easter service at St. Trinity Cathedral in Yekaterinburg.08.04.2018#5471217
Parishioners light candles from the Holy Fire during an Easter service at St. Trinity Cathedral in Yekaterinburg.08.04.2018#5471215
Sverdlovsk Region Governor Yevgeny Kuivashev lights his candle from Holy Fire at St. Trinity Cathedral in Yekaterinburg.08.04.2018#5471212
Sverdlovsk Region Governor Yevgeny Kuivashev attends Easter service at St. Trinity Cathedral in Yekaterinburg.08.04.2018#5471211
Metropolitan Kirill of Yekaterinburg and Verkhnyaya Tura holds candles lit from the Holy Fire during an Easter service at St. Trinity Cathedral in Yekaterinburg.08.04.2018#5471209
Sverdlovsk Region Governor Yevgeny Kuivashev attends Easter service at St. Trinity Cathedral in Yekaterinburg.08.04.2018#5471206
Sverdlovsk Region Governor Yevgeny Kuivashev during the passing of Holy Fire at St. Trinity Cathedral in Yekaterinburg.08.04.2018#5471205
Parishioners with oil lamps during an Easter service at St. Trinity Cathedral in Yekaterinburg.07.04.2018#5471157
Metropolitan Kirill of Yekaterinburg and Verkhnyaya Tura during an Easter service at St. Trinity Cathedral in Yekaterinburg.07.04.2018#5471125