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Christians worldwide celebrate the start of Easter Sunday
From Manila to Macedonia, Christians devotees around the world attend mass in celebration of Easter Sunday
Roman Catholic devotees attend a traditional ‘Salubong’ mass, which reenacts the meeting of the Risen Christ and the sorrowful Mother Mary (AFP/Getty Images)
Local people light candles at the graves of their loved ones at the cemetery of Pasarea monastery shortly after the Easter religious services in Pasarea village (20km east from Bucharest) (AFP/Getty Images)
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) and First Lady Svetlana Medvedeva attend Orthodox Easter celebrations at the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow (AFP/Getty Images)
Despite the presence of floating refuse is some areas, many residents of the city still flocked to the waters to beat the heat during one of the most important weekends in the predominantly Roman Catholic Philippines (AFP/Getty Images)
Women light candles during an Orthodox Easter service in the city of Chernobyl (AFP/Getty Images)
People stand with candles as they attend an Orthodox Easter service in the city of Chernobyl (AFP/Getty Images)
Macedonian Orthodox believers hold candles during a midnight Easter service in the Orthodox Christian church of Skopje (AFP/Getty Images)
Russian Orthodox Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill holds an Orthodox Easter service in Moscow (AFP/Getty Images)
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) kisses Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Kirill during an Orthodox Easter service at the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow (AFP/Getty Images)
