well patriarch kirill the head of the russian orthodox church called at the end of last month for believers to kind of stay at home and to pray at home rather than going to church and that includes for easter which is the most important holiday for orthodox believers here in russia and now in moscow for holy week so from last monday churches have actually been closed to believe or is that means that services are taking place but believers worshippers aren't supposed to come to churches and many churches are kind of showing services via a live stream including the church service that the patriarch himself carried out here in moscow that was also streamed to believers who were supposed to stay home and watch that at home but i actually went to one church last week and spoke to people there to see how they were reacting to these measures here in moscow and many a parent or. many in the congregation were very upset and the priest himself said. that people had been driven out of the church and he even compared these measures from the author already with the persecution that clergy faced under th

the cathedral in the capital severe despite government advice to stay at home the head of the orthodox church there led an open air service while the congregation wore masks and kept their distance from each other while in greece with churches close the faithful gathered on their balconies to celebrate together normally $2000000.00 greeks traveled to their hometowns to celebrate the holiday. and in georgia health officials fare a spike in infections after the religious holiday despite fines for gatherings of more than 3 people churches have stayed open critics have accused the government of failing to hold the leaders of the eastern orthodox church to account so from tbilisi robin forestay walker reports. the most potent date in the orthodox calendar is also a critical moment for the spread of coronavirus the at tbilisi's so maybe cathedral the orthodox church opened its doors to the faithful leave. the odds of the worshippers who have chosen to participate in the traditional midnight eastern mass had to get here early to avoid breaking a nightly curfew and it's been decided between a church

tatiana in moscow since early april he's been streaming the services here online after the russian orthodox church called on people to stop praying at home. is because if they called me from the church and said we have to go online you are just the 1st thing i thought was much i don't know anything about how to do this. but now the live streams have become crucial this palm sunday was the last easter service worshippers in moscow could attend in person. even though far fewer people were going to church than usual moscow authorities decided easter services were too risky during the pandemic and issued an order to the church to close their doors to worship us. to fart of lot a man and his congregation having to let go of easter traditions is a heavy burden to bear. it's got to be warning the fact that people have been driven out of the church it doesn't matter what the circumstances are because they've been driven away. a few days later and these empty spaces have become the new normal for churches in moscow. ringback this church may have to start until for a while now but right now hundreds of peop

now today orthodox christians around the world are celebrating easter sunday but for most going to church is not an option to the pandemic so when russia services here are being streamed on the internet the leader of the russian orthodox church patrick carroll urged people to stay at home and pray he led an overnight the chill at the cathedral of christ the savior in moscow attended by a small group of clergy traditionally thousands do gather there to light candles from the holy fire which is flown in from jerusalem meanwhile the russian orthodox church is given some recommendations on how to bless the traditional instigate at home and president vladimir putin sent out this easter message. we're going to present but who do the slew of these east celebrations are happening at a time of restrictions they're necessary to battle the disease known around the world we are closely analyzing the experience of other countries to understand the situation and see the risks and assess what to do in any scenario we will do all that is necessary to stop the pandemic there is no doubt that rush will mak

our message even this easter sunday is there is the reaction has not been cancelled the russian orthodox church has also moved services online the patriarch of moscow karylle saying that people should stay away from churches for their own health and the health of this. for 51 years i have been preaching from the pulpits encouraging people to come to church and overcome the inclination of their evil will. and external circumstances i have dedicated my entire life to this call i hope you understand how difficult it is for me to see today refrain from going to church in the greek orthodox church services are being held behind closed doors with east the celebrations postponed until may in islam daily prayers are being held online for christians and muslims their religious worship transfers online not exactly easily but with a bare minimum of fuss for jewish people the celebration of passover involves large social gatherings called say it is day 2 of how to go online almost 100 percent of jewish people attend a seder this year family gatherings are out and people have a seder on their own often just

nicholas, in manhattan, his inspiration came from the hagia sophia, the former orthodox church in istanbul of mary and he thought- since she carried christ- her body was a church. >> calatrava: so there, herself becomes a kind of temple, isn't it? containing something that, according to the orthodox faith, you know, is almost uncontainable, you know? which is the idea of god. >> pelley: the vestments of the new st. nicholas will be white marble, crowned with a translucent dome. at night, it will be a beacon. >> calatrava: light. very important. >> pelley: why is the light very important? >> calatrava: you know, light, in my eyes, is to architectureic >> pelley: light-- candle light- illuminated the easter celebration on our visit to mount athos in 2018. abbot alexios led the procession and, at midnight, quoted the angel in the book of mark. >> alexios: he is risen, he is not here. >> pelley: in the sanctuary, chandeliers were propelled into orbits to symbolize the joint celebration on earth and in heaven-- ( monks chanting ) recalling the psalm, "praise him sun and moon, praise him all you

stayed open critics have accused the government of failing to hold the leaders of the eastern orthodox church to account from tbilisi robin for us a walkout reports the. most potent date in the orthodox calendar is also a critical moment for the spread of coronavirus the at tbilisi's so maybe cathedral the orthodox church opened its doors to the faithful least the. last of the. worshippers who have chosen to participate in the traditional midnight eastern mass had to get here early to avoid breaking a nightly curfew and it's been decided between a church in your forties that they can stay here overnight all together under one roof until the curfew is lifted in the morning. restrictions including a ban on gatherings of more than 3 people have been in place for weeks but for the head of the church and his followers those rules do not apply. this satirical video illustrates what critics say a double standards. with the state refusing to intervene in matters of faith a subservient to the church because it should promote ratings of the church and because of that. this year so the government does t

and with that orthodox church to rely on the advice of russian journalist friends. and those who knew who was who who. so that initial criteria for anybody and reflect on the question of compromise. and from the very beginning pretty severely and down the line and no longer what is someone from crimea or chechnya who could deflect on historical memories and then to focus not on that one individual but institution so that is the only museum to political oppression and all of russia. it is the only museum or memorial complex from the former prison camp and former auschwitz stockouts style one - - dock out style but i wanted to capture that wide range it also geographically it is inevitable because it is such a centralized place so a lot of what is happening ends up happening in moscow but i want to resist that temptation from a characters live and work in moscow and the last important criteria at the beginning as i want to find people that they were confounding to me. and i don't know where i landed on the compromise. i wanted to emerge and still not able at that plac

russian orthodox church leader patriarch kirill has left the church as many easter service at moscow's christ the savior cathedral mass was held without worshippers due to the restrictions put in place on public gatherings to try to limit the spread of the coronavirus. 47 unaccompanied children from the greek migrant camps have flown from athens to germany jews are coronavirus or. they will be quarantined for 2 weeks children are being relocated from overcrowded camps on the greek islands to a dozen other e.u. states. police in hong kong have arrested 58 high profile democracy campaigners involved in the massive protests there last year and 2902 dryly show called kong and rattled china's communist leaders. the biggest crackdown on hong kong's pro-democracy movement since the beginning of mass protests last year 15 activists were arrested on charges of organizing and taking part in an unlawful assembly is in august and october among those detained are one current and one former lawmakers including veteran pro-democracy activists 81 year old martin leading the prominent founder of the de

an orthodox church led an easter service without any worshippers present in a holiday message president vladimir putin says the country will overcome the challenges russia has reported a record daily rise of 6016 new cases bringing its nationwide total to nearly $43000.00. moving to the united states several states have seen more protests against long down measures president donald trump has increased pressure on state governors to ease those restrictions trump has said may 1st as a target date but medical experts say that's too soon they're warning that vital steps such as widespread testing are not yet in place all right we seem to be having some difficulties with our video playback let's bring you some other stories making news around the world poland is marking the 77th anniversary of the warsaw ghetto uprising prime minister matteo later wreaths at the monument to those killed in april $944.00 jews imprisoned in the ghetto rose up against the nazis the uprising failed at a cost of $13000.00 jewish lives. mali is pressing ahead with parliamentary elections despite its coronavirus lo

the head of russia's influential orthodox church has taken an icon of the virgin mary around the streets of moscow in an effort to ward off to corona virus. convoy traveled over 100 kilometers in the capital before bringing the icon to feed within 4000 covert 1000 cases have been confirmed. in france nearly 60000 kroner virus infections have been confirmed in nearly 5400 deaths the pandemic has put enormous strain on the health care system every evening the nation applauds health care workers for their efforts but deaths of vital equipment as well as hostility are adding to the psychological pressure of many nurses and doctors already think it's a truckload of fights mosque's who acquires as much protection these days as an homage cough full of money aids in france have their sights set on fright like mosques and disinfectant someone broke into this nurse's car and made off with the highly valued equipment. we have so little we'd like to keep it for those who are sick 50 is bad enough but health care workers are also being targeted by another phenomenon people terrified of coronavirus ha

the head of russia's influential orthodox church has taken an icon of the virgin mary around the streets of moscow in an effort to ward off the coronavirus patriarch carroll's convoy it traveled over 100 kilometers in the capital before bringing the iconic to a cathedral more than 4900 cases have been confirmed in russia. police in france have been stopping cars leaving paris to check that people are not going on holiday authorities have warned residents to cancel any travel plans for the school holidays which began this weekend one man has been jailed for repeatedly violating lockdown rules. as british hospitals brace for an expected increase in coronavirus patients the military has stepped in to support them and deliver much needed protective gear and ventilators to hospitals some medical staff have criticised the response as coming too late. well as with many other countries in the world of colombia's lockdown has hit people without homes especially hard our next report is from detail they used to call freud on the streets of bogota she met a man whose work during the crisis has made

the head of russia's influential orthodox church has taken an icon of the virgin mary around the streets of moscow in an effort to ward off the coronavirus. convoy traveled over a 100 kilometer was in the capital before bringing the icon to it to theater more than 4000 covert 1000 chases have been confirmed in russia. honestly good club who should do it man have announced that their home stadium signal or do not park is set to become a coronavirus treatment center the largest football stadium in germany will provide medical care and act as a testing station for suspected cases. now most nonessential businesses have been ordered to close across germany to prevent the spread of the corona virus movie fans have been turning to the internet in most places but in the city of essen you can still see films on the big screen as long as you have a car. finally a night on the town even if it is only a trip in your own car. visitors at the drive in movies in essence are happy for a change of scenery. we think that this is the 1st time that our family is doing this together it's great more despite t

the head of russia's influential orthodox church has taken an icon of the virgin mary around the streets of moscow in an effort to ward off the coronavirus patriarchate or else the convoy traveled over 100 kilometers in the capital before bringing the icon to the cathedral more than 4000 covert 1000 cases have been confirmed in russia. well as with many other countries in the world colombia's lockdown has hit people without homes especially hard our next report is from the new call for days on the streets of bogota she met a man whose work during the crisis has made him a hero for those in need. nobody knows the invisible like this man for 15 years orlando beltran has been looking after the city's homeless he knows where they meet where they sleep and where they get their drugs with his n.g.o.s get that it owns the bronx banquets he provides the destitute with food clothes and a shoulder to lean on but the most important part of today's delivery are these face masks. a face mask can save many lives the drugs they smoke damage the muscles in their mouth. move. from so it's hard for them t

the head of russia's influential orthodox church has taken an icon of the virgin mary around the streets of moscow in an effort to ward off a coronavirus. convoy it traveled over 100 kilometers in the capital before bringing the iconic to a cathedral more than 4001000 cases have been confirmed and russia. south africa has been in lockdown for a week even though the country has relatively few confirmed cases of the krona virus but the government hopes to prevent a collapse of the already struggling health care system the enforcement of the lockdown has been particularly difficult in south africa's townships police and military forces have been deployed and allegations of excessive force are on the rise 3 civilians were recently killed by police our reporter adrian crash has this from cape town. we have joined the police patrol in the townships wherever we go everyone runs away because they know they shouldn't be on the streets and they're freights the officers on duty seem anxious they admit they can hardly keep these huge areas under control the enforcement of the lockdown is anything bu

or the head of russia's influential orthodox church has taken the holy icon of the virgin mary a around the streets of moscow in an effort to ward off the coronavirus. convoy travels over 100 kilometers in the capital before bringing the icon into a cathedral for a service more than 4000 covert 1000 cases have been confirmed in russia. and france have been stopping cars leaving paris to check that people are not going on holiday authorities have warned residents to cancel any travel plans for the school holidays which begin this weekend one man has been jailed for repeatedly violating a lockdown rules. well as with many other countries in the world colombia's lockdown has hit people without homes especially hard our next report is from nicole throw this on the streets of bogota she met a man whose work during the crisis has made him a hero for those in need. nobody knows the invisible like this man for 15 years orlando beltran has been looking after the city's homeless he knows where they meet where they sleep and where they get their drugs with his n.g.o.s get that it owns the bronx ba

and throughout the world, the eastern orthodox churches celebrate easter on this day. and easter always brings hope to all of us. for the christian, the cross tells us that god understands our suffering, for he took upon himself at the cross all of our sins and all of our failures and all of our sufferings. and our lord on that cross asked the question: "why?" "my god, my god why hast thou forsaken me?" and he received his answer. he knew: to redeem the world. to save you and me from our sins. to give us assurance that if we died we're going to heaven. he was saying from the cross, "i love you!" and i know the heartaches and the sorrows and the pain that you feel. easter points us beyond the tragedy of the cross to the hope of the empty tomb. it tells us that there's hope for eternal life, that christ has conquered death. and it also tells us that god has triumphed over evil and death and hell. this is our hope, and it can be your hope as well. i was deeply moved friday night, while watching larry king talk to edye smith, who lost her two little boys in that explosion.