On Holy Saturday Orthodox believers remember the burial of Jesus Christ, and prepare to break their Lent fast by getting special Easter cakes blessed by priests.
© RIA Novosti . Sergey Pyatakov / Go to the mediabankPatriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia leads the morning service at Christ the Savior Cathedral.
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia leads the morning service at Christ the Savior Cathedral.
© RIA Novosti . Sergey PyatakovThe morning service at Christ the Savior Cathedral.
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The morning service at Christ the Savior Cathedral.
© RIA Novosti . Sergey Pyatakov / Go to the mediabankThe morning service at Christ the Savior Cathedral.
The morning service at Christ the Savior Cathedral.
© RIA Novosti . Sergey Pyatakov / Go to the mediabankPatriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia consecrating Easter cakes at the Church of St. Nicholas of Zayatsky.
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia consecrating Easter cakes at the Church of St. Nicholas of Zayatsky.
© RIA Novosti . Sergey Pyatakov / Go to the mediabankPatriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia consecrating Easter cakes at the Church of St. Nicholas of Zayatsky.
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia consecrating Easter cakes at the Church of St. Nicholas of Zayatsky.
An Easter cake and dyed eggs.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Fedorenko / Go to the mediabankConsecrating Easter cakes at Moscow's Donskoi Monastery.
Consecrating Easter cakes at Moscow's Donskoi Monastery.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Fedorenko / Go to the mediabankConsecrating Easter cakes at Moscow's Donskoi Monastery.
Consecrating Easter cakes at Moscow's Donskoi Monastery.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Fedorenko / Go to the mediabankConsecrating Easter cakes at Moscow's Donskoi Monastery.
Consecrating Easter cakes at Moscow's Donskoi Monastery.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Fedorenko / Go to the mediabankConsecrating Easter cakes at Moscow's Donskoi Monastery.
Consecrating Easter cakes at Moscow's Donskoi Monastery.