Images of 2013 Easter Celebration Around The World

 

A young boy wears a mask of the devil prior to the burning of a giant 5-meter tall devil-like figure representing Judas in the atrium of the Santa Rosa Xochiac church, in Mexico City, Sunday, March 31, 2013

A giant 5-meter tall figure representing Judas burns in the atrium of the Santa Rosa Xochiac church, in Mexico City, Sunday, March 31, 2013

People walk along the boardwalk early Easter morning, Sunday, March 31, 2013, as they arrive for a sunrise service inside the Music Pier building in Ocean City, N.J.

Iraqi worshipers attend the Easter Sunday service at the Virgin Mary Chaldean Christian church (Church of Our Lady of Sacred Heart) in the Karrada district of central Baghdad on March 31,

A Christian woman holds a candle at the Anointing Stone during the Sunday Easter mass inside the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally believed to be the site of the crucifixion of Christ, in Jerusalem's Old City, Sunday, March 31, 2013.

Indonesian Christians carry a giant Easter egg with messages from people for Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono after an Easter service outside the presidential palace in Jakarta on March 31, 2013

Eggs and bunnies decorate the exterior of Jakarta Cathedral while Christian devotees arrive for an Easter Sunday mass on March 31, 2013. 

Pope Francis kisses a baby after celebrating his first Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, March 31, 2013

 

 

 

 

The great gift of Easter is hope - Christian hope which makes us have that confidence in God, in his ultimate triumph, and in his goodness and love, which nothing can shake.- Basil C. Hume