Photos of the Week: Black Nazarene; Orthodox Christmas; Rabbi Funeral

By Kit Doyle · January 13, 2023
(RNS) — Each week Religion News Service presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo gallery includes the annual procession of the Black Nazarene, Orthodox Christmas and more. Actors perform a ritual known as Pull the Kolyada for Orthodox Christmas, in Glushkovichi, a village in the Gomel region, south of Minsk, Belarus, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023. Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7, in accordance with the Julian calendar. (AP Photo) Metropolitan Epiphanius, center right, and priests celebrate an Orthodox Christmas service at the nearly 1,000-year-old Pechersk Lavra Cathedral of Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023. Hundreds of Ukrainians heard the Orthodox Christmas service in the Ukrainian language for the first time at Kyiv’s 1,000-year-old Lavra Cathedral on Orthodox Christmas Day, a demonstration of independence from the Russian orthodox church. (AP Photo/Roman Hrytsyna) A woman on a bus watches as Russian Orthodox priests and believers participate in the procession celebrating Orthodox Christmas in Sevastopol, Crimea, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023. Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7, in accordance with the Julian calendar. (AP Photo) Orthodox Jews attend the funeral of Rabbi Shimon Baadani at a cemetery in Bnei Brak, Israel, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. Baadani, who was 94, was the president of the Shas party's "Council of Torah Sages," a group of rabbis that provides spiritual guidance and sets policies for the ultra-Orthodox party's political leadership. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) Orthodox Jews mourn over the body of Rabbi Shimon Baadani during his funeral, in Bnei Brak, Israel, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. Baadani, who died at the age of 94, was the president of the Shas party's "Council of Torah Sages," a group of rabbis that provides spiritual guidance and sets policies for the ultra-Orthodox party's political leadership. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) A devotee attends the "Walk of Faith" procession. part of celebrations for the feast day of the Black Nazarene, a centuries-old charred statue of Jesus Christ, on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, in Manila, Philippines. The annual Black Nazarene feast day, held Jan. 9, drew massive numbers of devotees who pray for the sick and a better life in this predominantly Roman Catholic nation. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) Devotees participate in the "Walk of Faith," part of the celebration for the feast day of the Black Nazarene, a centuries-old charred statue of Jesus Christ, on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, in Manila, Philippines. The Black Nazarene draws massive numbers of largely poor devotees who pray for the sick and a better life in this predominantly Roman Catholic nation. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) Francesca Chaouqui, a former financial consultant for the Vatican, shows reporters documents as she arrives to testify at a trial in the city-state's criminal tribunal, Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. Prosecutors have accused 10 people, including a once-powerful cardinal and papal contender, on charges related to the Holy See's 350 million-euro investment in a luxury London real estate venture causing the Vatican the loss of millions of euros in fees to brokers, bad investments and other questionable expenses. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) The head of Cyprus' Orthodox Church Archbishop Georgios, left, looks on during his enthronement ceremony at Saint Barnabas Cathedral in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. Archbishop Georgios formally assumed his duties at an enthronement ceremony evoking the splendor of centuries of Byzantine tradition before an audience of Orthodox clergy from around the world with the notable exception of the Russian church. The Cyprus Church has recognized the independence of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias) Revelers perform during the carnival parade in the village of Vevcani, in the southwestern part of North Macedonia, on Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. In its 14-century-old tradition, the Vevcani carnival is always held on Orthodox St. Basil's day, marking the beginning of the New Year by the Julian calendar. The participants in the carnival find an inspiration for their masks in old pagan beliefs and rituals, while some of the masks are based on political and social events, but in a satirical context. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski) Australian Cardinal George Pell stands near the body of late Pope Benedict XVI lying in state inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. Pell died Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, in Rome at age 81. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)
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