Happy Easter! Here's how the world celebrated Easter Sunday

Happy Easter! Here's how the world celebrated Easter Sunday

FP Staff April 6, 2015, 18:10:29 IST

Christians around the world are celebrating Easter commemorating the day when according to Christian tradition Jesus was resurrected in Jerusalem two millennia ago.

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Happy Easter! Here's how the world celebrated Easter Sunday
Pope Francis leads the Easter mass in St. Peter's square at the Vatican April 5, 2015. REUTERS
Pope Francis waves at the end of the Easter mass in St. Peter's square at the Vatican April 5, 2015. REUTERS
Britain's Queen Elizabeth (2nd L) arrives to attend the Easter Sunday service at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in southern England April 5, 2015. REUTERS
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha arrive for an Easter Sunday service at St Nicholas church in the village of Chadlington, southern England, April 5, 2015. REUTERS
Indian Christians sing songs and dance during a Easter Sunday rally in Kolkata on April 5, 2015. According to the Gospels, Jesus was crucified and buried a day after he celebrated Passover, then rose from the dead on the morning of what has become known as Easter Sunday -- the most important day of the year for Christians. AFP
A Catholic priest offers Holy Communion to devotees on Easter Sunday at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in New Delhi, India, Sunday, April 5, 2015. Christians around the world are celebrating Easter commemorating the day when according to Christian tradition Jesus was resurrected in Jerusalem two millennia ago. AP
South Korean Christians sing a hymn during an annual Easter mass service in Seoul April 5, 2015.  REUTERS
A statue of the Risen Christ is carried during an Easter Sunday procession in Cospicua, outside Valletta April 5, 2015. REUTERS
Christian worshippers hold candles during the Catholic Easter procession in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City April 5, 2015. REUTERS
Members of Spain's royal family King Felipe and Queen Letizia, with their daughters Princess Leonor and Princess Sofia (front R), talk as they pose before attending an Easter mass at the cathedral in Palma de Mallorca April 5, 2015. REUTERS
People take part in the Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival along 5th Avenue in New York City April 5, 2015. REUTERS
A girl portraying the role of an angel hangs from a platform during Easter Sunday celebrations in Manila April 5, 2015.  REUTERS
A faithful holds a rosary as Pope Francis leads the Easter Mass in St. Peter's square at the Vatican April 5, 2015. REUTERS
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