In pic: Christians celebrate Easter across the globe

SUMMARY

Christians across the globe celebrated Easter amid concerns of rising COVID-19 cases.

By CNBCTV18.comApr 4, 2021 7:31:44 PM IST (Published)

People watch from the window of their home as participants dressed in black, wearing masks, beating drums and pushing small carts making a synchronized and loud sound take part in an Easter procession marching through the streets of Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic.

Easter eggs are painted with slogans from the protests against the military coup, in Mandalay, Myanmar.

Bishop Benedict Aleksiychuk of St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral swings a censer as he leads an Easter service in Chicago.

Horst Gamerdinger, Protestant pastor in Weingarten, celebrates an ecumenical service with dozens of believers on a meadow near the open-air swimming pool in Weingarten, Germany.

Christian families attend an Easter mass at the St. John's Cathedral, in Peshawar, Pakistan.

A priest blesses the Easter baskets that parishioners bring to the Church of St. Catherine in St. Petersburg, Russia.