Fireworks explode over the Parthenon temple to celebrate the Greek Orthodox Easter, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Athens, Greece, May 1, 2021.

An Orthodox priest sprays holy water on believers after a service which marks the Orthodox feast of Palm Sunday, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, outside the Volodymyrsky Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine April 25, 2021.

Orthodox Christian worshippers attend the Holy Fire ceremony amid eased coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City, May 1, 2021.

Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims attend the Easter Eve celebration at the St. Mary Rock-Hewn church in Lalibela, Ethiopia, May 1, 2021. Picture taken May 1, 2021.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I gives Easter eggs to an Ukrainian girl during the Orthodox Easter Service with limited attendance as part of measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Istanbul, Turkey May 2, 2021.

An Orthodox Christian worshipper holds her phone during a Palm Sunday procession, marking the start of Holy Week that ends on Easter Sunday, amid eased coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions, at the Ethiopian section in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City April 25, 2021.

People celebrate upon the arrival of the Holy Fire, near the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank May 1, 2021.

Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III performs the "Washing of the Feet" ceremony, amid eased coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions, outside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City, April 29, 2021.

A reverend leads the Good Friday prayer session at the Biftu Bole Mekane Yesus Lutheran church amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia April 30, 2021.

Orthodox Christian worshippers attend the Holy Fire ceremony amid eased coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City, May 1, 2021.

People attend Orthodox Easter service at St. John the Baptist Monastery after Macedonia's lift of the COVID-19 curfew for the Easter holiday, near Debar, North Macedonia May 1, 2021.

A worshipper attends the Orthodox Easter service at Sioni Cathedral of the Dormition in Tbilisi, Georgia May 2, 2021.

An empty upper floor of the church is seen as Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I leads the Orthodox Easter Service with limited attendance as part of measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the Patriarchal Church of St. George in Istanbul, Turkey May 2, 2021.

A man takes a selfie with nuns on Good Friday, amid eased coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions, in Jerusalem's Old City, April 30, 2021.

People wait for their food to be blessed on the eve of Orthodox Easter in the Joseph-Volokolamsk monastery in Moscow region, Russia May 1, 2021.

People attend Orthodox Easter service at St. John the Baptist Monastery after Macedonia's lift of the COVID-19 curfew for the Easter holiday, near Debar, North Macedonia May 1, 2021.

An Ethiopian Orthodox Priest reads a Bible during the Easter Eve celebration at the St. Mary Rock-Hewn church in Lalibela, Ethiopia, May 1, 2021. Picture taken May 1, 2021.

A worshipper attends the Orthodox Easter service at Sioni Cathedral of the Dormition in Tbilisi, Georgia May 2, 2021.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I leads the Orthodox Easter Service with limited attendance as part of measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the Patriarchal Church of St. George in Istanbul, Turkey May 2, 2021.

Orthodox Christian worshippers holding palm fronds walk during Palm Sunday, marking the start of Holy Week that ends on Easter Sunday, amid the eased coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions, in Jerusalem's Old City April 25, 2021.

Orthodox Christian worshippers attend the Holy Fire ceremony amid eased coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City, May 1, 2021.

An Orthodox Christian worshipper holds a candle during the Holy Fire ceremony amid eased coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City, May 1, 2021.

A believer prays during the Orthodox Easter service in the Holy Transfiguration Cathedral in the rebel-controlled city of Donetsk, Ukraine May 1, 2021. Picture taken May 1, 2021.

Worshippers kneel at the Stone of Anointing in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Good Friday, amid eased coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions, in Jerusalem's Old City, April 30, 2021.

Worshippers walk with candles around Sioni Cathedral of the Dormition during the Orthodox Easter service in Tbilisi, Georgia May 1, 2021. Picture taken May 1, 2021.

Orthodox Christians carry an icon of the Virgin Mary during a parade marking Easter near Bachkovo monastery, Bulgaria, May 3, 2021.