Orthodox worshippers carry crosses during a Good Friday procession along the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem's Old City April 14, 2023. REUTERS/Jamal Awad NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Orthodox worshippers carry a cross during a Good Friday procession along the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem's Old City April 14, 2023. REUTERS/Jamal Awad NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Orthodox worshippers carry crosses during a Good Friday procession along the Via Dolorosa at the entrance Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City April 14, 2023. REUTERS/Jamal Awad NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

A priest sprinkles holy water on traditional Easter cakes for the upcoming Orthodox Easter at a factory in Yevpatoriya, Crimea April 13, 2023. REUTERS/Alexey Pavlishak

Believers place candles during a service which marks the Orthodox feast of Palm Sunday, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine April 9, 2023. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Ukrainian servicemen place candles after a special service for Ukrainian Armed Forces, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, during a ceremony to bless Easter cakes at St Michael's Cathedral before Orthodox Easter in Kyiv, Ukraine April 12, 2023. REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko REFILE - CORRECTING INFORMATION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A member of the Clergy of the Orthodox Church holds a candle during the "Washing of the Feet" ceremony on Easter Holy Week in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City, April 13, 2023. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Melios Tourvas, community leader of the village, carries a cross in a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, on Good Friday, during Orthodox Easter celebrations in Kathikas village, Cyprus April 14, 2023. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou

Orthodox priests remove nails from a crucifix during a mass at the Penteli Monastery on Good Friday, in Athens, Greece April 14, 2023. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi

An Orthodox worshipper holds a cross during a Good Friday procession along the Via Dolorosa at the entrance Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City April 14, 2023. REUTERS/Jamal Awad NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Coptic Orthodox Christians gather as they attend a Palm Sunday mass in the Samaan el-Kharaz Monastery, in the Mokattam Mountain area of Cairo, Egypt April 9, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III performs the "Washing of the Feet" ceremony on Easter Holy Week in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City, April 13, 2023. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

A woman lights candles during a mass on Good Friday, during Orthodox Easter celebrations in Kathikas village, Cyprus April 14, 2023. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou

Metropolitan Epiphanius I, head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, sprays holy water on believers after a service which marks the Orthodox feast of Palm Sunday in a church at the compound of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine April 9, 2023. REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko