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All Saints' Day

Patriarch Bartholomew I of the Eastern Orthodox Church, wearing ornate religious vestments and a jeweled mitre, holds a staff and censer during an outdoor service.

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Parishioners line up to receive ashes from priests at the front of Annunciation Catholic Church in Washington, DC, while others sit in wooden pews on Ash Wednesday.

A white Christian paschal candle decorated with a red cross, the Greek letter Alpha above, and the Greek letter Omega below.

Cemetery in Poland at night with graves illuminated by numerous candles and decorated with flowers for All Saints Day.

Illustration of Jesus Christ with a radiant halo, surrounded by colorful, patterned Easter eggs, symbolizing the connection between Easter eggs and the Christian holiday.

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Holy week. Easter. Valladolid. Procession of Nazarenos carry a cross during the Semana Santa (Holy week before Easter) in Valladolid, Spain. Good Friday

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Christ as Ruler, with the Apostles and Evangelists (represented by the beasts). The female figures are believed to be either Santa Pudenziana and Santa Praxedes or symbols of the Jewish and Gentile churches. Mosaic in the apse of Santa Pudenziana, Rome,A

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