People walk around the Jovan Bigorski monastery during Easter celebrations at the St. Jovan Bigorski monastery in Rostusa, North Macedonia, April 24, 2022.

People gather to light candles and pray during a mass to mark "Alb Sunday" at Istanbul's Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in Istanbul, Turkey, April 24, 2022.

People attend an Orthodox Easter service at the Church of St. Gorazda in Olomouc, Czech Republic, April 23, 2022.

People attend an Orthodox Easter service at the Church of St. Gorazda in Olomouc, Czech Republic, April 23, 2022.

Egyptian Coptic Christians attend a religious ceremony for Holy Saturday at the Samaan el-Kharaz monastery in Cairo's Mount Muqattam, Egypt, April 23, 2022.

Istanbul's Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew leads a mass to mark "Alb Sunday" at Istanbul's Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in Istanbul, Turkey, April 24, 2022.

Egyptian Coptic Christians attend a religious ceremony for Holy Saturday at the Samaan el-Kharaz monastery in Cairo's Mount Muqattam, April 23, 2022.

An Orthodox worshiper holds a candle during the Easter religious service at the Brancusi Parish Church in Bucharest, Romania, April 24, 2022.

In this handout photo released by Russian Orthodox Church Press Service, Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill conducts the Easter service at the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, late Saturday, April 23, 2022.

Orthodox Easter eggs are displayed on a sidewalk outside a cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, April 24, 2022.

Olga Zhovtobrukh, 55, lights candles during an Easter religious service celebrated at a church in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, April 24, 2022.

Worshippers light candles at St. Volodymyr's Cathedral during Orthodox Easter celebrations in Kyiv, Ukraine, April 24, 2022.

Egyptian Coptic Christians attend a religious ceremony for Holy Saturday at the Samaan el-Kharaz monastery in Cairo's Mount Muqattam, April 23, 2022.

A nun holds a candle during Easter celebrations at the St. Jovan Bigorski monastery in Rostusa, North Macedonia, April 24, 2022.

A Ukrainian woman bows to kiss a representation of the death bed of Christ, during an Orthodox Easter service for Ukrainians, both residents and refugees, in Melzo at the outskirts of Milan, Italy, Saturday night, April 23, 2022.

A roast lamb, which is the dish of Orthodox Easter, is served in steakhouses in Athens, Greece, April 24, 2022.

Ethiopians attend an Orthodox service at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, April 24 2022.

Iraqi Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter Saturday at the church of the ancient Mar Matta monastery of St. Matthew in the village of Bashiqa, some 30 kilometers (19 miles) northeast of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, during the night of April 23, 2022.

Worshippers take part in a procession as they mark Orthodox Easter day at the cathedral of the Holy Protection of the Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, April 24, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

A man holds a goat outside a house, where another man slaughters one inside, as part of the festivities of Ethiopian Orthodox Easter, in the city of Lalibela, Ethiopia, April 24, 2022.

People attend Orthodox Easter Sunday mass at a church in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon (Saida), where Ukrainians and Russians joined Lebanese believers to pray together, April 24, 2022.

Fireworks explode over the Temple of Apollo in the village of Ancient Corinth early April 24, 2022, during traditional celebrations of Orthodox Easter in Greece.

Orthodox Christians attend the "Holy Fire" mass on Holy Saturday ahead of Easter at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, April 23, 2022.

A priest leads an Orthodox Easter service at the Syriac Orthodox Church of Virgin Mary in the city of Qamishli in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, April 24, 2022.