Photos of the Week: Dormition of Mary; Hindus celebrate Krishna

By Kit Doyle · August 20, 2022

(RNS) — Each week Religion News Service presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo gallery includes the Dormition of the Virgin Mary holiday in Greece, Hindus celebrating Lord Krishna and more.

People pray before forming a human pyramid to break the "Dahi handi," an earthen pot filled with curd, as part of celebrations to mark Janmashtami festival in Mumbai, India, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. The festival marks the birth of Hindu god Krishna and the event seeks to reenact the story of Lord Krishna stealing butter during his childhood. (AP Photo/Rajanish kakade)

Indian youth form a human pyramid to break the "Dahi handi," an earthen pot filled with curd, as part of celebrations to mark Janmashtami festival in Mumbai, India, Friday, August 19, 2022. The festival marks the birth of Hindu god Krishna and the act seeks to reenact the story of Lord Krishna stealing butter during his childhood. (AP Photo/Rajanish kakade)

A Hindu holy man shouts religious slogans during a procession to mark 'Krishna Janmashtami' in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. Krishna Janmashtami marks the birth of Hindu god Krishna. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

People form a human pyramid to break the "Dahi handi," an earthen pot filled with curd, as part of celebrations to mark Janmashtami festival in Mumbai, India, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. The festival marks the birth of Hindu god Krishna and the act seeks to reenact the story of Lord Krishna stealing butter during his childhood. (AP Photo/Rajanish kakade)

A video grab from footage made available by environmental activists, shows two members of Ultima Generazione ("Last Generation") that glued their hands to an ancient Roman statue of Laocoön and his sons in the Vatican Museums collection, to protest against climate change, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. The activists' banner reads, "Last Generation No Gas No Coal." (Ultima Generazione Via AP)

Mourners attend a memorial service for victims of a fire at a church in Greater Cairo that killed dozens on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022. The blaze ignited at the Abu Sefein church in the densely populated neighborhood of Imbaba while a service was underway, according to the church. (AP Photo/Tarek Wajeh)

Visitors in old Japanese Imperial army uniforms enter Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japan's war dead, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, in Tokyo. Japan marked the 77th anniversary of its World War II defeat Monday. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Mourners carry the body of a victim of a mosque bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 18. 2022. A bombing at a mosque in Kabul during evening prayers on Wednesday killed at least 10 people, including a prominent cleric, and wounded more than two dozen. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Panagia Kastriani monastery on the Aegean Sea island of Tzia, or Kea, Greece, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022 after a service celebrating the Dormition of the Mother of God, when the Virgin Mary is believed to have been taken into heaven. The religious event is coupled with midsummer festivities, known as Panigiria, with music, culinary feasts and, in many cases, flea markets. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

A pilgrim attends a church service at a Greek Orthodox temple in Hasia, northwestern Athens, Greece, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022. The Dormition of the Virgin Mary is celebrated Aug. 15, coupled with midsummer festivities, known as Panigiria, that include music, culinary feasts and, in many cases, flea markets. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Pilgrims carry the Icon of Virgin Mary during a procession at Panagia Kastriani monastery on the Aegean island of Tzia or Kea, Greece, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. The Dormition of the Virgin Mary, celebrated Aug. 15, is coupled with midsummer festivities, known as Panigiria, that include music, culinary feasts and, in many cases, flea markets. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Vendors arrange goods for sale at a flea market as visitors walk during a festivity, known as Panigiri, in Hasia, northwestern Athens, Greece, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022. The Dormition of the Mother of God, celebrated Aug. 15, is coupled with midsummer festivities, known as Panigiria, that include music, culinary feasts and, in many cases, flea markets. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Archival Photos

Archbishop Iakovos, primate of the Greek Orthodox Church of North and South America, from left, walks with New York Mayor Edward Koch and Congressman Benjamin Rosenthal, during the annual Greek Independence Day parade up Fifth Avenue on on Mar. 23, 1980, in New York City. RNS archive photo by Odette Lupis. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.

Dorothy May Middleton, left, 42, of Iowa, and Sarah Lee Perkins, right, 63, of Georgia, read letters and cables from friends after their release from Communist China and upon their arrival in Hong Kong, circa 1955. Both women were working at a missionary colony for leper children in Lienshsien, Kwantung province, when they were arrested in Feb. 1951 for "conducting sabotage." RNS archive photo. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.