Orthodox Holy Friday – Snaps Round the World (2010)

Christian Orthodox pilgrims hold crosses during Holy Friday processions in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally believed to be the site of the crucifixion of Christ, in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday, April 2, 2010

Holy Friday in Bulgria

Greek Orthodox priests perform ceremonies during the Apokathelosis, which marks the removal of Christ's body from the Cross forming a key part of Orthodox Easter, at the Church of the Dormition of the Virgin in Penteli, north Athens on April 2, 2010

A Christian Orthodox pilgrim prays before Holy Friday processions in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally believed to be the site of the crucifixion of Christ, in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday, April 2, 2010

People gather for a Holy Friday Divine Liturgy at Holy Trinity cathedral in Tbilisi April 2, 2010- Georgia

Ethiopian Orthodox Christians holds a woodden cross bearing an icon of jesus Christ as they walk through the via Dolorosa in Jerusalem's Old City during the Holy Friday procession on April 2, 2010

Orthodox Christian nuns wait for a Holy Friday procession outside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City April 2, 2010

Holy Friday Service Lead by His Beatitude Volodymyr - Ukrainian Orthodox Church

Patriarch Kirill of Russia at Holy Friday Divine Liturgy - Christ the Savior Cathedral

His Beatitude Paulose Mar Miletheos (Catholicose Designate-Indian Orthodox Church) during Holy Friday Service

An Orthodox woman lights candles at the St. Dimitri Church in Skopje(Macedonia), during the Holy Friday processions on April 2, 2010

Patriarch Irinej of Serbia during Holy Friday Service in Belgrade

An orthodox priest leads service at a cathedral in the town of Varna, Bulgaria, east of the capital Sofia, Friday, April, 2, 2010