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Moscow celebrates 2022 with a fireworks display over an empty Red Square to which access was restricted due to the Covid-19 pandemic. IMAGES
*RESTRICTIONS: NO Access Israel Media/Persian Language TV Stations Outside Iran/Strictly No Access BBC Persian/VOA Persian/Manoto-1 TV/Iran International*Tehran, Aug 19 (EFE).- (Camera: Abedin Taherkenareh / Marina Villén) Iranians on Thursday commemorated the Muslim religious celebration of Ashura amid a coronavirus lockdown.Ashura, the 10th day of the Islamic lunar month of Muharram, is a major holiday for Shiites and it marks the martyrdom of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Hussein, at the hands Umayyad Caliph Yazid I at the battle of Karbala in Iraq in 680 AD.FOOTAGE OF ASHURA CELEBRATION IN TEHRAN. FOOTAGE OF MUSLIM CHIIES RECREATING THE BATTLE OF KERBALA.SOUNDBITES OF A 55-YEAR-OLD VETERAN COFRADE AMIR HELALÍ, MEMBER OF A "HEIAT" (COFRADÍA) FROM THE CHIZAR NEIGHBORHOOD, IN NORTHERN TEHRAN.- TRANSLATION:1- "We have all tried to use the mask and disinfectant alcohol and most of the 'heiat' (brotherhoods) in the north of Tehran celebrate their events in open spaces in the open air.
Tbilisi, May 1 (EFE/EPA).- On the eve of Easter Sunday, worshippers flocked to the Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi to mark Holy Saturday.Orthodox Christian believers mark the Holy Week of Easter in celebration of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Greek Orthodox world celebrates Easter Day according to the old Julian calendar. (Camera: ZURAB KURTSIKIDZE). SHOT LIST: PEOPLE ATTEND AN EASTER SERVICE AT THE TRINITY CATHEDRAL IN TBILISI, GEORGIA.
Cairo, May 1 (EFE/EPA).- On the eve of Easter Sunday, worshippers flocked to churches in Cairo to mark Holy Saturday. Orthodox Christian believers mark the Holy Week of Easter in celebration of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The mass is celebrated at the end of 40 days of Christian fasting.The Christian community represents ten per cent of the Egyptian population of 90 million people. (Camera: KHALED ELFIQI). SHOT LIST: PEOPLE ATTEND AN EASTER SERVICE AT THE CHURCH IN HELIOPOLIS IN CAIRO, EGYPT.
Jerusalem, Apr 29 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Atef Safadi) The Orthodox Christian community celebrates Holy Thursday in Jerusalem on Thursday.FOOTAGE OF THE TRADITIONAL WASHING OF FEET AT THE ETHIOPIAN CHURCH OF DEIR AL SULTAN, IN THE OLD CITY OF JERUSALEM.