In Photos: Russia Celebrates Another Wartime Easter
Russians celebrated Orthodox Easter on Sunday with church services, religious processions, and traditional foods as the war in Ukraine, which also marked the holiday, dragged on for a third year.
President Vladimir Putin attended a church service, led by the head of Russian Orthodox, Patriarch Kirill, in Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral alongside Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin.
Though Putin did not explicitly mention the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in his Easter message, the Russian president thanked Patriarch Kirill for “fruitful cooperation in the current difficult period, when it’s so important for us to unite our efforts for the steady development and strengthening of the Fatherland.”
The religious authorities in Russia have been outspoken in their support of the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
President Vladimir Putin attended a church service, led by the head of Russian Orthodox, Patriarch Kirill, in Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral alongside Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin.
Though Putin did not explicitly mention the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in his Easter message, the Russian president thanked Patriarch Kirill for “fruitful cooperation in the current difficult period, when it’s so important for us to unite our efforts for the steady development and strengthening of the Fatherland.”
The religious authorities in Russia have been outspoken in their support of the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
A woman holds Easter cakes handed out to residents of the village of Spartak in eastern Ukraine's partially occupied Donetsk region.
Dmitry Yagodkin / TASS
A Russian serviceman holds a wooden tray of Easter cakes for soldiers fighting on the front line.
Alexander Reka / TASS
People attend an Easter service at a field church in the partially occupied Donetsk region.
Dmitry Yagodkin / TASS
A Russian Orthodox priest hands a prayer book to a soldier near the front line in Ukraine.
Alexander Reka / TASS
An elderly resident in Spartak holds an Easter cake.
Dmitry Yagodkin / TASS
President Vladimir Putin and Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin attend an Easter service at Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow.
Sergei Vedyashkin / Moskva News Agency
A Russian Orthodox believer holds two candles at the Easter service at Christ the Savior Cathedral.
Sergei Vedyashkin / Moskva News Agency
Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill leads the Easter service at Christ the Savior Cathedral.
Sergei Vedyashkin / Moskva News Agency
An Easter service in Moscow.
Pelagia Tikhonova / Moskva News Agency
An Easter procession around the Church of the Assumption in Moscow.
Pelagia Tikhonova / Moskva News Agency
A woman lights a candle at an Easter service in the Church of the Assumption in Moscow.
Pelagia Tikhonova / Moskva News Agency
