PHOTOS: Easter celebrations around the world

April 19, 2014

Rev. Mark Twietmeyer, of Trinity Lutheran Church, gives his part of the Easter sermon at the Boulder Reservoir on Sunday, April 20, 2014, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/The Daily Camera, Cliff Grassmick) ( Easter Boulder )

A girl watches decorated Easter eggs as a part of a tradition of celebrating Easter in the village of Mokrin, 120 kilometers (75 miles) north of Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, April 20, 2014. Egg cracking contest, an ancient folk tradition, takes place in this northern Serbian village. Two people bang dyed hard-boiled eggs together. The egg that cracks first is the loser; the other goes on to knock again. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic) ( Serbia Easter )

EDS NOTE : SPANISH LAW REQUIRES THAT THE FACES OF MINORS ARE MASKED IN PUBLICATIONS WITHIN SPAIN. 8 years old Asier Jimenez, stands, dressed as an angel, during the Easter Sunday ceremony ''Descent of the Angel'', during Holy Week in the small town of Tudela, northern Spain, Sunday, April 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos) ( APTOPIX Spain Holy Week )

Nuns kneel in prayer while Boston Marathon runners leave at the end of Easter Mass service at Cathedral of the Holy Cross, on April 20, 2014 in Boston, Massachusetts. This year's marathon will be held tomorrow, Monday, April 21; last year two pressure cooker bombs were detonated near the finish line, killing three people and injuring more than 260 others. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ( 485755059 )

Swiss Guards attend Easter Mass held by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square on April 20, 2014 in Vatican City, Vatican. Pope Francis is attending the Holy Week for his second time as a Pontiff. Using the global twitter network, yesterday he asked people worldwide to join him in prayer for the victims of the tragic ferry disaster in South Korea. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images) ( 485727037 )

Carol Fabish watches the action on the sixth green while wearing bunny ears for Easter during the final round of the RBC Heritage golf tournament in Hilton Head Island, S.C., Sunday, April 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton) ( RBC Heritage Golf )

People watch from the towers of the Santa Rosa Xochiac church, as fireworks explode during the Burning of Judas, in Mexico City. The Burning of Judas is an Easter-time ritual in Santa Rosa Xochiac, where neighborhood groups build representations of Judas which are then destroyed in blazes of fireworks and small explosives. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) ( Easter Mexico )

Dressed for the occasion, Paige Capala, left, and her mother Karen Zandri pose for photographs as they take part in the Easter Parade along New York's Fifth Avenue, Sunday, April 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg) ( Easter Parade )

Christ Church by the Sea Pastor Rev. Melissa Rusler leads a prayer during Easter Sunrise service at Newport Beach, Calif., Sunday, April 20, 2014. Christ Church by the Sea United Methodist Church, First United Methodist Church, Costa Mesa, and Newport Center United Methodist Church combined to lead the service. "God is here," said service goer Paul Mullen, " He's created the beach, the water and the elements. What better place to be than right here?" (AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Bruce Hazleton) ( Easter Sunrise Service )

Children race to pick up as many eggs as possible during Woodbridge Baptist Church's Easter Egg Scramble at Kingwood High School in Kingwood, Texas. (AP Photo/Conroe Courier, Andrew Buckley) ( Easter Texas )

The Easter Bunny skates at The Rink at Rockefeller Center on Easter Sunday on April 20, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images) ( 485764139 )

Minority Pakistani Christians attend Easter mass at a church in Quetta on April 20, 2014. Pope Francis called on Catholics to bring the message of God "to the very ends of the earth" during an Easter vigil mass in St Peter's Basilica. BANARAS KHAN/AFP/Getty Images ( 529108973 )

Freworks explode around spectators ahead of the burning of an effigy of Judas, in the courtyard of the Santa Rosa Xochiac church in Mexico City. The Burning of Judas is an Easter-time ritual in Santa Rosa Xochiac, where neighborhood groups build representations of Judas which are then destroyed in blazes of fireworks and small explosives. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) ( Easter Mexico )

NEW YORK - APRIL 20: People wear bonnets during the Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival along 5th Avenue in New York. The parade is a New York tradition dating back to the mid-1800s when the social elite would parade their new fashions down Fifth Avenue after attending Easter services in one of the Fifth Avenue churches. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Getty Images) ( 485759383 )

Ethnic Hungarian girls wearing traditional folk costumes attend the Easter service in the Reformed church of the village of Sancraiu, Transylvania, North Western Romania, Sunday, April 20, 2014. (AP Photo/MTI, Zsolt Czegledi) ( Romania Easter )

Chicago Cubs pitcher Jason Hammell and son Beckett, 2, hunt for Easter eggs at Wrigley Field after a baseball game between the Cubs and the Cincinnati Reds in Chicago, Sunday, April 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty) ( Reds Cubs Baseball )

CROSTWITZ, GERMANY - APRIL 20: Sorbian men dressed in traditional costume ride on horseback in a procession to herald the resurrection of Jesus Christ during the annual Sorbian Easter Ride on April 20, 2014 near Crostwitz, Germany. Hundreds of riders in different groups ride between villages in the region and are received by Sorbian women with food and hospitality. Sorbians are a western Slavic minority in eastern Germany who speak a language closely related to Czech and Polish. (Photo by Matthias Rietschel/Getty Images) ( 485740537 )

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) ( Vatican Pope Easter )

Superintendent Patrick L. Demmer raises his fist during an exuberant and passionate sermon entitled "What are you looking for?". during the 67th annual Easter sunrise service at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado, on April 17, 2014. The popular annual event, which hosts thousands of worshipers, is sponsored by the Colorado Council of Churches. (Photo By Helen H. Richardson/ The Denver Post) ( cd21SUNRISESERVICE_HHR_6237 )

Arlene Wiberg, middle, and her daughter Theresa Wiberg, right, stay warm under lots of blankets as the two enjoy the 67th annual Easter sunrise service at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado, on April 17, 2014. Superintendent Patrick L. Demmer gave the sermon which was entitled "What are you looking for?". The popular annual event, which hosts thousands of worshipers, is sponsored by the Colorado Council of Churches. (Photo By Helen H. Richardson/ The Denver Post) ( cd21SUNRISESERVICE_HHR_7302 )

A Bosnian Serb woman attends the liturgy on Orthodox Easter Sunday, April 20, 2014, in the Orthodox Church in Banja Luka, 200 kms west of Sarajevo. Bosnian Serbs celebrate Orthodox Easter according to the Julian calendar. (AP Photo/Radivoje Pavicic) ( Bosnia Easter )

Dressed for the occasion, Paul Nagle, left, poses for photographs as he takes take part in the Easter Parade along New York's Fifth Avenue, Sunday, April 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg) ( Easter Parade )

Rockets fly over the bell tower of Panagia Erithiani church, during Greek Orthodox Easter celebrations on the eastern Aegean island of Chios, late 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) ( 485720075 )

Leyre Huerga (R), 9, dressed as an angel, poses for pictures after the 'Bajada del Angel' on April 20, 2014 in Penafiel, Spain. The performance, which has taken place every Easter Sunday since 1799, depicts an angel descending to unveil the face of a Virgin from a black veil announcing the Christ's resurrection. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images) ( 485726779 )

Sorbian men dressed in traditional costume ride on horseback in a procession to herald the resurrection of Jesus Christ during the annual Sorbian Easter Ride on April 20, 2014 near Crostwitz, Germany. Hundreds of riders in different groups ride between villages in the region and are received by Sorbian women with food and hospitality. Sorbians are a western Slavic minority in eastern Germany who speak a language closely related to Czech and Polish. (Photo by Matthias Rietschel/Getty Images) ( 485740509 )

Dressed for the occasion, Horst Rosenberg, right, takes part in the Easter Parade along New York's Fifth Avenue, Sunday, April 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg) ( Easter Parade )

Women sit beside an effigy of Judas, partially wired with fireworks and explosives, in the Santa Rosa Xochiac area of Mexico City, on Saturday, April 19, 2014. The Burning of Judas is an Easter-time ritual in Santa Rosa Xochiac, where neighborhood groups build representations of Judas which are then destroyed in blazes of fireworks and small explosives. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) ( Mexico Easter )

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) ( 485722385 )

Children celebrate Christianity's most joyous day, during an Easter Eve service presided over by Coptic Pope Tawadros II, at St. Mark's Cathedral, in Cairo, Egypt. 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/Ahmed Gomaa) ( APTOPIX Mideast Egypt Easter )

An Orthodox priest blesses pro-Russia activists during a rally in the southern Ukrainian city of Odessa on April 20, 2014. Pro-Kremlin rebels in east Ukraine appealed on April 20 for Russian "peacekeepers" to sweep in after a deadly gunfight killed at least two of their militants, shattering an Easter truce and sparking "outrage" in Moscow. The attack, near the flashpoint town of Slavyansk, undermined an accord worked out in Geneva between Russia, Ukraine and Western powers on April 17 that demanded "illegal armed groups" surrender their weapons and cease occupations of public buildings. ALEXEY KRAVTSOV/AFP/Getty Images ( 529108267 )

Guests leave after attending the Easter Matins at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle, west of London, on April 20, 2014. Queen Elizabeth II will celebrate her 88th birthday Monday April 21, 2014. Traditionally the British sovereign celebrates on a second official birthday in June, because the summer weather is supposed to be better for open-air events. LOLI SCARFF/AFP/Getty Images ( 529109142 )

Aztec dancers perform to celebrate Easter at the La Placita square in Los Angeles on April 19, 2014. JOE KLAMAR/AFP/Getty Images ( 529099270 )

A burlesque dancer performs her Easter act at the Black Cat club in Washington, DC, April 18, 2014. PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images ( 529099273 )

A Christian pilgrim holds candles at the church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally believed to be the burial site of Jesus Christ, during the ceremony of the Holy Fire in Jerusalem's Old City, Saturday, April 19, 2014. The "holy fire" was passed among worshippers outside the Church and then taken to the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, where tradition holds Jesus was born, and from there to other Christian communities in Israel and the West Bank. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty) ( APTOPIX Mideast Israel Palestinians Holy Land Holy Fire )

Lithuanian Orthodox believers light candles during an Easter vigil mass in the Prechistensky, the Cathedral Palace, in Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday, April 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis) ( Lithuania Orthodox Easter )

Pope Francis celebrates the Eucharist during the Easter Vigil at the St Peter basilica in Vatican. Easter Vigil, also called the Paschal Vigil is a service held in traditional Christian churches as the first official celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus. AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images ( 529090715 )

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill holds the Holly Light during an Orthodox Easter service in Moscow, early on April 20, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP/Getty Images ( 529091709 )

Cardinals hold lit candles during the Easter vigil service celebrated by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican Saturday, April 19, 2014. Pope Francis baptized 10 people Saturday as he presided over an Easter Vigil in St. Peter's Basilica, fulfilling a ritual deep in meaning on the most solemn night of the Catholic calendar. Francis urged the priests, bishops, cardinals and ordinary Catholics gathered for the late night service to remember when they first found their faith. "Do I remember it? Have I forgotten it? Look for it. You'll find it. The Lord is waiting." (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) ( Vatican Easter Vigil )

A a woman reacts as an Orthodox priest blesses her and traditional Easter cakes and painted eggs prepared for an Easter celebration, at a church in Slovyansk, Ukraine, Saturday, April 19, 2014. Pro-Russian insurgents defiantly refused Friday to surrender their weapons or give up government buildings in eastern Ukraine, despite a diplomatic accord reached in Geneva and overtures from the government in Kiev.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) ( APTOPIX Ukraine Orthodox Easter )

An elderly woman carries the Holy Fire during an Easter Mass at the church of Agii Anargyri in Athens, late Saturday, April 19, 2014. The Holy Fire is brought in Greece every year from the church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, traditionally believed to be the burial site of Jesus Christ . (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis) ( Greece Easter Holy Fire )

Spectators watch a traditional Easter Fire on the eve of Easter Sunday, April 19, 2014 on the banks of the river Elbe in Hamburg's Blankenese district, northern Germany. AFP PHOTO / BODO MARKS / /AFP/Getty Images ( 529088355 )

Lithuanian Orthodox believers hold candles during an Easter vigil mass in the Prechistensky, the Cathedral Palace, in Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday, April 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis) ( Lithuania Orthodox Easter )

Greek Orthodox priests carry the Holy Fire during an Easter Mass at the church of Agii Anargyri in Athens, late Saturday, April 19, 2014. The Holy Fire is brought in Greece every year from the church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, traditionally believed to be the burial site of Jesus Christ . (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis) ( Greece Easter Holy Fire )

Orthodox devotees carry candles during Easter Sunday rites in Donetsk, Ukraine, early Sunday, April 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Ukraine Orthodox Easter )

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 OSELEDKO/AFP/Getty Images ( 529092455 )

Pope Francis baptizes during the Holy Saturday Easter vigil mass at St. Peter's Basilica on April 19, 2014 in Vatican City, Vatican. The Pope will lead Easter Sunday Mass celebrating the resurrection of Jesus tomorrow in St. Peter's Square. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images) ( 485647791 )

Archbishop Gintaras Grusas perfoms the blessing at the Easter vigil mass in the Cathedral in Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday April 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis) ( Lithuania Easter )

Pope Francis holding a tall, lit, white candle, enters a darkened St. Peter's Basilica to begin the Easter vigil service, at the Vatican, Saturday, April 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) ( Vatican Pope )

A Greek Orthodox priest passes the Holy Fire to worshipers during an Easter Mass at the church of Agii Anargyri in Athens, late Saturday, April 19, 2014. The Holy Fire is brought in Greece every year from the church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem traditionally believed to be the burial site of Jesus Christ . (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis) ( Greece Easter Holy Fire )

An Orthodox priest blesses a woman and traditional Easter cakes and painted eggs prepared for an Easter celebration, at a church in Slovyansk, Ukraine, Saturday, April 19, 2014. Pro-Russian insurgents defiantly refused Friday to surrender their weapons or give up government buildings in eastern Ukraine, despite a diplomatic accord reached in Geneva and overtures from the government in Kiev.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) ( Ukraine Orthodox Easter )

Worshippers hold candles during the Easter vigil mass in Cathedral-Basilica at the Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday, April 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis) ( Lithuania Easter )

A child carries the Holy Fire during an Easter Mass at the church of Agii Anargyri in Athens, late Saturday, April 19, 2014. The Holy Fire is brought in Greece every year from the church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, traditionally believed to be the burial site of Jesus Christ . (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis) ( Greece Easter Holy Fire )

Pope Francis holds a candle during the Easter Vigil at the St Peter basilica in Vatican. Easter Vigil, also called the Paschal Vigil is a service held in traditional Christian churches as the first official celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus. AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images ( 529088397 )

Pope Francis lifts up the book of Gospels during the Easter Vigil at the St Peter basilica in Vatican. Easter Vigil, also called the Paschal Vigil is a service held in traditional Christian churches as the first official celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus. AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images ( 529089415 )

Nuns attend the Easter Vigil at the St Peter basilica in Vatican. Easter Vigil, also called the Paschal Vigil is a service held in traditional Christian churches as the first official celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus. AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images ( 529089979 )

Pope Francis swings a censer next to a statue of the Virgin Mary during the Easter Vigil at the St Peter basilica in Vatican. Easter Vigil, also called the Paschal Vigil is a service held in traditional Christian churches as the first official celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus. AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images ( 529090643 )

An Orthodox devotee prays during Easter Sunday rites in Donetsk, Ukraine, early Sunday, April 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Ukraine Orthodox Easter )

Pope Francis baptizes 10-year-hold Giorgio Capezzuoli during the Easter vigil service in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican Saturday, April 19, 2014. Pope Francis baptized 10 people Saturday as he presided over an Easter Vigil in St. Peter's Basilica, fulfilling a ritual deep in meaning on the most solemn night of the Catholic calendar. Francis urged the priests, bishops, cardinals and ordinary Catholics gathered for the late night service to remember when they first found their faith. "Do I remember it? Have I forgotten it? Look for it. You'll find it. The Lord is waiting." (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) ( Vatican Easter Vigil )

Worshippers hold candles during the Easter vigil mass in Cathedral-Basilica at the Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday, April 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis) ( Lithuania Easter )

Christian Orthodox worshippers hold candles lit from the "Holy Fire" as thousands gather in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's old city on April 19, 2014 during the "Holy Fire" ceremony on the eve of the Orthodox Easter. Believers hold that the fire is miraculously sent from heaven to ignite candles held by the Greek Orthodox patriarch in an annual rite dating back to the 4th century that symbolizes the resurrection of Jesus. AFP PHOTO/GALI TIBBON/AFP/Getty Images ( 529082277 )

Christian Orthodox worshippers hold up candles lit from the "Holy Fire" as thousands gather in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's old city on April 19, 2014 during the "Holy Fire" ceremony on the eve of the Orthodox Easter. AFP PHOTO/GALI TIBBON/AFP/Getty Images ( 529082307 )

Christian Orthodox worshippers look up as a ray of light comes through a skylight in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's old city on April 19, 2014 during the "Holy Fire" ceremony on the eve of the Orthodox Easter. AFP PHOTO/GALI TIBBON/AFP/Getty Images ( 529082782 )

The archbishop of Vilnius Gintaras Grusas (L) administrates the blessing at the Easter vigil mass in the Kathedral-Basilica in Vilnius, Lithuania, on April 19, 2014.PETRAS MALUKAS/AFP/Getty Images ( 529089515 )

People light candles during an Easter vigil mass in the Cathedral in Vilnius, Lithuania,on April 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / PETRAS MALUKAS/AFP/Getty Images ( 529089635 )

People light candles during an Easter vigil mass in the Cathedral in Vilnius, Lithuania,on April 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / PETRAS MALUKAS/AFP/Getty Images ( 529089738 )

People light candles during an Easter vigil mass in the Cathedral in Vilnius, Lithuania,on April 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / PETRAS MALUKAS/AFP/Getty Images ( 529090827 )

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill (L) congratulates Russian President Vladimir Putin during a service for the celebration of the Orthodox Easter in Moscow, early on April 20, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP/Getty Images ( 529091684 )

Christian Orthodox worshippers hold up candles lit from the 'Holy Fire' as thousands gather in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's old city on April 19, 2014 during the 'Holy Fire' ceremony on the eve of the Orthodox Easter. AFP PHOTO/GALI TIBBON/AFP/Getty Images ( 529082395 )

Georgian Orthodox believers attend a service as they celebrate an Orthodox Easter in a church in Tbilisi early on April 20, 2014. AFP PHOTO / VANO SHLAMOV/AFP/Getty Images ( 529092571 )

Georgian Orthodox believers attend a service as they celebrate an Orthodox Easter in a church in Tbilisi early on April 20, 2014. AFP PHOTO / VANO SHLAMOV/AFP/Getty Images ( 529092569 )

Homemade rockets streak through the sky targeting a church of Panagia Erithiani , during a traditional Easter celebration in the village of Vrontados, on the Greek island of Chios, late on April 19, 2014. As a variation of the Greek habit of throwing fireworks during the celebration of the Orthodox service at midnight before Easter Sunday, two rival church parishes in the town, the Agios Markos and Panagia Erithiani churches, perform a 'Rocket War' by firing thousands of homemade rockets towards each other while services are held. AFP PHOTO / LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP/Getty Images ( 529092815 )

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