Easter celebrations around the world

epa04173916 Ethnic Hungarian girls wearing traditional folk costumes sing during the Easter service at the Reformed church of the village of Sancraiu, Transylvania, North Western Romania, 20 April 2014. Easter Sunday celebrates the Christian belief in Jesus Christ's resurrection. EPA/ZSOLT CZEGLEDI ORG XMIT: MTI108

epa04173931 A group of men push an icon of Resurrected Jesus Christ as it is returned to Saint Barbara chapel after a Easter Sunday procession in Oviedo city, Asturias region, northern Spain, 20 April 2014. Easter Sunday celebrates the Christian belief in Jesus Christ's resurrection. EPA/ALBERTO MORANTE ORG XMIT: GRA185

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - APRIL 20: Father Jose Kalapura (R) prepares to baptize Pedro, 4, during Easter Mass at the Capela Nossa Senhora de Fatima during Semana Santa (Holy Week) in the Cantagalo shanty town community on April 20, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The pacified f'avela', and neighboring Pavao-Pavaozinho, stand above Copacabana and Ipanema beaches. Ahead of the World Cup, some of Rio's pacified favelas have seen an increase in violence. Around 10,000 people live in the Cantagalo and Pavao-Pavaozinho communities with a total of 1.7 million Rio residents residing in shantytowns, many of which are controlled by drug traffickers and militias. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 486227639 ORIG FILE ID: 485745713

In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis waves to the crowd from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica where he delivered the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for to the city and to the world) at the end of the Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square at the the Vatican Sunday, April 20, 2014. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho) ORG XMIT: VAT102

epa04173568 James Joseph, a Catholic pilgrim originally from Detroit, Michigan, USA, speaks with US pilgrims inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in jerusalem,'s Old City as an Easter Sunday mass begins, 20 April 2014. The church is the accepted site of Jesus Christ's crucifixion, burial and resurrection. Joseph calls himself Jacob but many simply know him as â??Ã?òthe Jesus guyâ??Ã?ô, mainly because of his appearance wearing robes and always barefoot. In recent years he is returning to Jerusalem often where he explores the life and path of Jesus Christ. EPA/JIM HOLLANDER ORG XMIT: JER02

Relatives of missing passengers aboard the sunken ferry Sewol pray to wish for safe return of their family members during an annual Easter service outside a gymnasium in Jindo, South Korea, Sunday, April 20, 2014. After more than three days of frustration and failure, divers on Sunday finally found a way into the submerged ferry off South Korea's southern shore, discovering more than a dozen bodies inside the ship and pushing the confirmed death toll to over four dozens, officials said. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) ORG XMIT: SEL120

epa04173718 A women is overcome with emotion as she and thousands of followers of the Revelation Church of God pray during the East service in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa, 20 April 2014. The church has so many supporters that they spill out into the street and many pray on the pavements. Christians across the country are celebrating Easter today. EPA/KIM LUDBROOK ORG XMIT: XKL01

epa04173516 Sorb horseriders take part in an Easter procession in Ralbitz, Germany, 20 April 2014. The procession has been a tradition in this region since the 15th century, and some 1,600 riders are expected to take part. The Western Slavic people of the Sorbs are acknowledged as a national minority with their own language in eastern Germany. EPA/ARNO BURGI ORG XMIT: sac020

Orthodox Christians hold candles as they take part in Easter celebrations outside a church in the eastern Ukrainian city of Lugansk on April 20, 2014. AFP PHOTO / DIMITAR DILKOFFDIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT: - ORIG FILE ID: 529103629

A Christian pilgrim prays prior to the Easter Sunday mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed by many to be the site of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem's Old City, Sunday, April 20, 2014. Millions of Christians around the world are celebrating Easter, commemorating the day when according to Christian tradition Jesus was resurrected in Jerusalem two millennia ago. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner) ORG XMIT: SEB103

Macedonian Orthodox Christians light candles from the holy fire that arrived from Jerusalem during an Easter service at the Saint Jovan Bigorski monastery, some 145 km west from the capital Skopje, in Macedonia, on April 20, 2014.The Macedonian Orthodox Church celebrated Easter, according to the Julian calendar. AFP PHOTO / ROBERT ATANASOVSKIROBERT ATANASOVSKI/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT: - ORIG FILE ID: 529103925

epa04173135 Russian Orthodox Church believers take part in a cross procession of clerics and parishioners, while celebrating Easter Day at the Church of Christ's Resurrection in Moscow, Russia, early 20 April 2014. EPA/SERGEI CHIRIKOV ORG XMIT: MOS53

Orthodox believers light candles as they celebrate an Orthodox Easter during a midnight mass at a church in Bishkek on early April 20, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ VYACHESLAV OSELEDKOVYACHESLAV OSELEDKO/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 529092455

Roman Catholic devotees attend a mass in celebration of Easter Sunday outside St. Domingo Church in Manila on April 20, 2014. Christian believers around the world mark Easter in celebration of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. AFP PHOTO /NOEL CELISNOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 529094518

VRONTADOS , GREECE - APRIL 19: Revellers ignite rockets during Greek Orthodox Easter celebrations on the eastern Aegean island of Chios on April 19, 2014 in Vrontados, Greece. As part of a 125 year old tradition, thousands of handmade rockets are fired every year on Great Saturday night, the night before the 'Resurrection', by locals from the two rival churches of Agios Markos and Panagia Erithiani, in the village of Vrontados. (Photo By Milos Bicanski/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 486088107 ORIG FILE ID: 485720067