Orthodox Pascha, pt 1

An Orthodox priest blesses Easter cakes for hundreds supporters of Ukraine's Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich during an Easter service on Independence square in Kiev April 8, 2007. Orthodox believers as well as Catholics, who number six million in Ukraine, observe Easter at the same time this year, a rare coincidence of the two dates. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (UKRAINE)

An Orthodox priest blesses some hundreds of Easter cakes on a stage erected by supporters of Ukraine's defiant premier on Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, April 8, 2007. Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko on Monday signed an order to dissolve parliament and call early elections, but Premier Viktor Yanukovych and his majority in parliament have refused to obey it, calling it unconstitutional. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader for Orthodox Christians, kisses a baby girl during a morning mass at the Patriarchal Cathedral of St. George in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, April 8, 2007. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, led hundreds of worshippers to celebrate Easter. Many were pilgrims from neighboring Greece. (AP Photo/Serkan Senturk)

Serbian priests perform Orthodox Easter solemn liturgy in Belgrade's Congragational church, Sunday, April 8, 2007. Traditionally Orthodox Christians, Serbs observe Easter according to the old, Julian calendar, which this year falls also on April 8 as it does for the majority of Christians elsewhere who follow the new, Gregorian calendar. (AP Photo / Srdjan Ilic)

A woman holds candles during an Easter prayer in the central Orthodox Church in Sarajevo April 8, 2007. Bosnia's Orthodox and Catholic Christians are celebrating Easter at the same time this year, a rare coincidence of the two dates. REUTERS/Danilo Krstanovic (BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA)

Orthodox worshippers attend a morning mass at the Patriarchal Cathedral of St. George in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, April 8, 2007. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, led hundreds of worshippers at a crowded midnight liturgy to celebrate Easter. Many were pilgrims from neighboring Greece. (AP Photo/Serkan Senturk)

Orthodox nuns take part in Easter prayers at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City April 8, 2007. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (JERUSALEM)

Greek Orthodox bishops take part in the Easter Mass procession outside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed by many Christians to be the site of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem's Old City, Sunday, April 8, 2007. Christians around the world are marking the solemn period of Easter (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theofilos III, center, walks with bishops as he takes part in the Easter Mass in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed by many Christians to be the site of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem's Old City, Sunday, April 8, 2007. Christians around the world are marking the solemn period of Easter (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theofilos III takes part in the Easter Mass in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed by many Christians to be the site of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem's Old City, Sunday, April 8, 2007. Christians around the world are marking the solemn period of Easter (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theofilos III (R) leads Easter prayers at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem April 8, 2007. REUTERS/Yonathan Weitzman (JERUSALEM)

Greek Orthodox bishops hold candles as they take part in the Easter Mass procession at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed by many Christians to be the site of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem's Old City, Sunday, April 8, 2007. Christians around the world are marking the solemn period of Easter (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Orthodox Christian pilgrims rest their heads on a stone as they pray as a traditional part of Easter Sunday in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally believed by many Christians to be the site of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem's Old City, Sunday, April 8, 2007. Orthodox Christians are marking the solemn period of Easter. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)






Orthodox monk Father Nikola holds an Easter service at the remote 14th century Zrze monastery, located 140 km (87 miles) northwest from Skopje, April 8, 2007. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski(MACEDONIA)

Orthodox nun Lidia prays during an Easter service at the remote 14th century Zrze monastery, located 140 km (87 miles) northwest from Skopje, April 8, 2007. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski(MACEDONIA)

Orthodox monk Klaenik reads during a service at the remote 14th century Zrze monastery, located 140 km (87 miles) northwest from Skopje, April 8, 2007. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski(MACEDONIA)