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People on a boat hold flares as they sail behind the effigy of Judas during the revival of the old Easter tradition of the "burning of the Judas," in the port town of Ermioni, in the Peloponnese peninsula, southwest of Athens, April 8, 2018. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
April 9, 2018, 5:09 pm
Greek towns ritually burn Judas as Orthodox celebrate Easter
Custom has a history of implied hostility toward Jews as ‘killers of Christ,’ but this year some dressed their effigies up as Erdogan
By Petros Giannakouris and DEMETRIS NELLAS
Ukrainian Orthodox believers light candles from the Holy Fire during Orthodox Easter celebrations in the Volodymyrskiy Monastery in Kiev, Ukraine, April 7, 2018. (AP Photo/ Evgeniy Maloletka)
April 8, 2018, 9:39 pm
Orthodox Christians observe Easter with candles, prayers
Russia’s Putin and Medvedev attend services at Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow
By AP
Pope Francis delivers the Urbi et Orbi (to the city and to the world) blessing at the end of the Easter Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
April 1, 2018, 7:16 pm
Pope’s Easter message is call for peace, including in Holy Land
After Gaza violence, Francis urges reconciliation in a place ‘experiencing in these days the wounds of ongoing conflict that do not spare the defenseless’
By AP
Roman Catholic clergymen pray during the Easter Sunday procession on April 1, 2018, at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. (AFP PHOTO / GALI TIBBON)
April 1, 2018, 4:31 pm
Catholics celebrate Easter in ancient Jerusalem church
Roman Catholic worshipers pray and sing hymns in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre as eastern Orthodox Christians celebrate Palm Sunday
By AP
A Palestinian man swings a slingshot during clashes with Israeli security forces near the border with Israel, east of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on April 1, 2018. (AFP/ SAID KHATIB)
April 1, 2018, 2:12 pm
Netanyahu to Turkish leader: You are the occupier, don’t lecture us
Verbal spat between PM and Erdogan continues; former Hamas leader Mashaal says terror group has more ‘surprises’; Israelis rally in Tel Aviv against Gaza shootings
By Joshua Davidovich
Palestinian Christian couple from the Gaza Strip leaves through the Israeli Erez crossing, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009 (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)
March 30, 2018, 3:26 am
Gaza Christians dismayed as Israel restricts entries over Easter
COGAT says only Gazans younger than 16 or over 55 can cross border because of worries they will overstay permits
By AP
Kyle McKaskle from Louisiana asked Wassim Razzouk to tattoo the word 'Abide' in Greek on his arm. The word is taken from a phrase in the Gospels. (Renee Ghert-Zand/Times of Israel)
March 28, 2018, 9:22 am
For centuries, Easter pilgrims are inked by this family in Jerusalem’s Old City
Seeking an indelible souvenir of their visit to the Holy Land, visitors go to the Razzouk Tattoo shop to be forever marked by traditional Coptic and other Christian designs
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative. An image used by a neo-Nazi group on Facebook (screen shot)
May 5, 2017, 12:58 am
German woman fined for photo of Nazi Easter Egg basket
Dresden court says Margit H. agrees to pay €750 for painting eggs with swastikas
By AP
President Reuven Rivlin (seated center) visits the Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem’s Old City in honor of Easter, April 19, 2017. (Mark Neiman/GPO)
April 19, 2017, 9:59 pm
In Easter visit to Christians, Rivlin condemns Egypt church attacks
President tells Jerusalem Christian leaders Israel will always stand firm to protect freedom of worship and security
By TOI staff
Ivanka Trump attends at a luncheon she was hosting to mark International Women's Day in the State Dining Room at the White House March 8, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
April 19, 2017, 5:10 am
Did Ivanka skip WH Easter event because she’s Jewish?
Trump’s daughter and her husband, the president’s top aide, did not attend the famous Egg Roll
By JTA
Pope Francis addresses the crowd prior to delivering his Urbi et Orbi (to the city and to the world) message from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 16, 2017. (L'Osservatore Romano/Pool Photo via AP)
April 17, 2017, 9:46 am
In Easter address, Pope decries ‘vile’ attack on Syrians
Pontiff laments war, oppression, terrorism, human trafficking, famine and domestic violence
By Frances D'Emilio
Actress Melissa McCarthy playing White Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Saturday Night Live on April 15, 2017. (Screen capture: Twitter)
April 16, 2017, 7:39 pm
SNL mocks Spicer’s Hitler-Assad gaffe
Actress Melissa McCarthy says WH spokesman meant to say ‘concentration clubs,’ apologizes for remarks made on ‘Jewish Easter’
By TOI staff
Christian pilgrims light candles during the Easter Sunday 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, Sunday, April 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
April 16, 2017, 6:03 pm
Christians mark Easter at Jerusalem site of Jesus’s resurrection
Large crowds flock to Church of the Holy Sepulchre for event, held at newly renovated tomb
By AFP
Coptic priests stand near the coffins of victims of the blast at the Coptic Christian Saint Mark's church in Alexandria the previous day during a funeral procession at the Monastery of Marmina in the city of Borg El-Arab, east of the northern port city on April 10, 2017. (AFP Photo/Mohamed El-Shahed)
April 16, 2017, 1:15 am
Fear and grief mar Easter Mass celebrations in Egypt
Coptic Christians observe holiday amid unprecedented security following twin terror attacks that killed 45 on Palm Sunday
By AP
Pope Francis presides over a solemn Easter vigil ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, April 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
April 15, 2017, 11:40 pm
Pope presides over solemn Easter Vigil amid security fears
Francis gives a message of caring for migrants and denouncing corruption, urges hope
By Nicole Winfield
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