(RNS) — Each week RNS presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo gallery includes church wrestlers in England, myriad protests in the United States and more.
Orthodox priest Father Igor, center, with children and their parents, releases birds celebrating the Annunciation preceding the celebration of Orthodox Easter, in front of the St. Tatiana Church near the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia, on Monday, April 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Stephanie Sid, aka Kiara, is proclaimed winner over Scarlett during a Kingdom Wrestling show at St. Peter's Church in Shipley, England, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
A cross is seen on the hand of Gareth 'Angel' Thompson, founder of the Kingdom Wrestling charity, during a wrestling match at St. Peter's Church in Shipley, England, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
Rabbi Linda Holtzman, of Tikkun Olam Chavurah, addresses a protest outside the offices of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Philadelphia. (Photo by Rodney Atienza/New Sanctuary Movement)
People protest outside the offices of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Philadelphia. (Photo by Rodney Atienza/New Sanctuary Movement)
People demonstrate with a biblically themed sign during the 'Hands Off' protest on the National Mall, Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Washington. (RNS photo/Mary Gladstone)
Christian-themed signs during the 'Hands Off' protest on the National Mall, Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Washington. (RNS photo/Kit Doyle)
People arrive to offer prayers at Haji Ali Dargah, a Muslim shrine by the Arabian Sea coast, in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
A construction worker gives a thumbs up in the final stages of installation for the main cross of the city's largest orthodox church, dubbed the "Salvation of the People" cathedral, still under construction, in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Hindus participate in a religious procession marking the birthday of Hindu deity Rama, as they observe Ram Navami festival, in Kolkata, India, Sunday, April 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
Pope Francis speaks to the faithful at the end of a Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 6, 2025, as part of the jubilee of the sick and the health workers. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
A Catholic nun joins others holding candles while offering prayers for the country and also victims of the recent earthquake in Myanmar, after a religious procession in observance of Lent, in Quezon City, Philippines, Friday, April 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Hindu devotees perform rituals at the historic Kali Temple during Navratri festival in Jammu, India, Saturday, April 5, 2025.(AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Archival Photos
Rabbi Mark Fraenkel, center left, and his wife and two children demonstrate a Passover seder during a "Celebration of Passover and Easter in Modern Faiths" at Temple Beth El on City Island in New York City in 1974. The unique ceremony saw participation by Protestant, Catholic and Jewish clergy, and the importance of Passover to Christianity was stressed. (RNS archive photo by Chris Sheridan. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.)
The Army’s Chief of Chaplains is shown at Fort Carson, Colorado, as he addressed 10,000 soldiers on Moral and Religious Training Day on June 20, 1963. Maj. Gen. (Chaplain) Charles E. Brown, Jr., a Methodist clergyman, observed the program which saw Protestant, Roman Catholic and Jewish chaplains hold services for post personnel and the men of the Fifth Infantry Division (Mechanized). Auxiliary Bishop David Maloney of Denver celebrated a Pontifical High Mass for Catholic troops, while Lt. Col. (Chaplain) Douglass F. Hall, division chaplain, led Protestant services. Attendance was mandatory for soldiers at moral instruction classes but voluntary at religious worship. (RNS archive photo by Melvyn E. Schieltz. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.)
The Rev. Robert Nace, right, pastor of Zion’s Reformed Church, Greenville, Pa., the new moderator of the United Church of Christ, is joined by Gary E. Mistlin, left, a 23-year-old student from Mountain View, Calif., and Dr. Erna Ballantine Bryant of Boston, president of the Massachusetts Council of Churches, both elected assistant moderators, during the 10th biennial meeting of the UCC's General Synod in Minneapolis, Minn., in 1975. The moderator and his assistants would then preside over sessions of the 11th General Synod in 1977. (RNS archive photo. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.)
