An Ukrainian girl holds a candle as she arrives at an orthodox church in Kiev for a midnight Easter mass April 7, 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)
Young conventuals attend an Orthodox Easter mass at the Saint-Nickolas nunnery, some 130km southwest of Moscow, early April 8, 2007. REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov (RUSSIA)
Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II conducts Easter service in the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, early Sunday, April 8, 2007. Orthodox Easter and Catholic Easter coincide this year. (AP Photo/ Misha Japaridze)
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, leads the Easter Resurrection Service at the Patriarchal Cathedral of St. George in Istanbul, Turkey, early Sunday, April 8, 2007. Bartholomew I led hundreds of worshippers at a crowded midnight liturgy to celebrate Easter. Many were pilgrims from neighboring Greece. (AP Photo/Serkan Senturk)
A woman holds a candle as she attends Orthodox Easter solemn liturgy in Belgrade St. Sava temple, on Easter, early 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)
An Orthodox worshipper holds a candle during the Easter Resurrection Service at the Patriarchal Cathedral of St. George in Istanbul, Turkey, early 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/Murad Sezer)
Rockets streak through the sky during Greek Orthodox Easter celebrations on the Greek island of Chios April 8, 2007. Thousands of home-made rockets are fired on Easter Sunday every year by locals from two rival churches in the Vrontados area in a centuries-old tradition. The two sides, who have been preparing tens of thousands of rockets for months, launch rockets aimed at the opposing church's bell tower. REUTERS/Vassilis Tryantafylou (GREECE)
Serbian priest lights candles at a start of Orthodox Easter solemn liturgy in Belgrade St. Sava church, on Easter, early 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 calender. (AP Photo / Srdjan Ilic)
Serbian priests starts Orthodox Easter solemn liturgy in Belgrade St. Sava church, on Easter, early 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)
Orthodox worshippers hold candles during the Easter Resurrection Service at the Patriarchal Cathedral of St. George in Istanbul, Turkey, early 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/Murad Sezer)
Greek Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I (C) conducts an Easter mass in Aya Yorgi (St. George) church at the Fener Greek Orthodox patriarchate in Istanbul late April 7, 2007. Ethnic Greeks living in the city and visitors attended the mass to celebrate Easter on Saturday night. REUTERS/Osman Orsal (TURKEY)
An Orthodox worshipper holds a candle during the Easter Resurrection Service at the Patriarchal Cathedral of St. George in Istanbul, Turkey, early 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)
A Greek Orthodox child lights a candle during an Easter mass led by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in the Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in Istanbul, late April 7, 2007. Ethnic Greeks living in the city and the visitors attended the mass to celebrate Easter on Saturday night. REUTERS/Osman Orsal(TURKEY)
Macedonian Christian Orthodox believers with candles in hands attend an Easter service into St. Trinity church in southeastern Macedonia's town of Radovis, early Sunday, April 8, 2007. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)
Macedonian Christian Orthodox believers enter St. Trinity church for an Easter service in southeastern Macedonia's town of Radovis, early Sunday, April 8, 2007. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)
Macedonian Christian Orthodox believers with candles in hands participate in an Easter procession in front of St. Trinity church in southeastern Macedonia's town of Radovis, early Sunday, April 8, 2007. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)
Orthodox priests walk in a ceremonial procession in a thousand-year-old, golden-domed Monastery of Caves, one of the holiest places of entire eastern Europe, as Orthodox Christians celebrale Easter, in Kiev, Ukraine, early hours Sunday, April 8, 2007. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, right, leads the Easter Resurrection Service at the Patriarchal Cathedral of St. George in Istanbul, Turkey, early Sunday, April 8, 2007. Bartholomew I led hundreds of worshippers at a crowded midnight liturgy to celebrate Easter. Many were pilgrims from neighboring Greece. (AP Photo/Murad Sezer)
Romanian Orthodox nuns carry an icon and lit candles during the Easter religious service at the Ghighiu monastery in Ghighiu village, 60 kilometers (38 miles) north of Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, April 8, 2007. Orthodox worshipers, which form the majority of Romanians, celebrated Easter Sunday on the same day with Roman Catholics. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Bosnian Orthodox believers light candles during Easter morning service at the Saborna 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)
Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko (C) arrives to attend the midnight Orthodox Easter service at the Vladimir Cathedral 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/Mykola Lazarenko/Pool (UKRAINE)
Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko (C), accompanied by his wife Kateryna (R wearing head scarf), attends the midnight Orthodox Easter service at the Vladimir Cathedral 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/Mykola Lazarenko/Pool (UKRAINE)
Ukraine's Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich attends a midnight Easter mass in an orthodox church in Donetsk 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/Valeriy Belokryl (UKRAINE)
Ethiopian Orthodox worshippers take part in the Holy Fire ceremony at the Ethiopian section in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City, late April 7,2007. REUTERS/Yonathan Weitzman (JERUSALEM)
Ethiopian Orthodox worshippers take part in the Holy Fire ceremony at the Ethiopian section in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City, late April 7, 2007. REUTERS/Yonathan Weitzman (JERUSALEM)
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