Catholic priests carry palm fronds at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed by many to be the site of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem's Old city, April 1. Palm Sunday marks for Christians Jesus Christ's entrance into Jerusalem when his followers laid palm branches in his path, prior to his crucifixion.

A woman prays on a hill with wooden crosses after a procession celebrating Palm Sunday in the town of Oshmiany, 88 miles northwest of Minsk, Belarus, April 1.

Women hold palm fronds as they take part in a Mass celebrating Catholic Palm Sunday at Saint Anna church in Warsaw, Poland, April 1.

Pope Benedict XVI leaves after celebrating the Palm Sunday mass in St Peter's square at the Vatican, on April 1. Palm Sunday marks the start of the holy week of Easter in celebration of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Spanish actor and director Antonio Banderas, center, sings a song to the Virgin inside a church as he takes part as a penitent in the "Lagrimas and Favores" brotherhood in a Palm Sunday procession at the start of Holy Week in Malaga, southern Spain, April 1. Hundreds of processions take place around the clock in Spain during Holy Week, drawing thousands of visitors.

Miranda Husband, 11, center, and Issac Husband, 9, third left, of Greencastle, Pa., roll Easter eggs on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, on Monday, April 25, at the White House Easter Egg Roll hosted by President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama. Thousands of children will participate in the event, which dates back to 1878, and is named for races where children push colored eggs across the grass using wooden spoons.

First Lady Michelle Obama watches as TV personalities Kelly Ripa and Al Roker share a crepe at the annual Easter Egg Roll on Monday.

President Barack Obama, left, and first lady Michelle Obama read a book titled "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" to children during the annual Easter Egg Roll on Monday. Daughters Sasha, second right, and Malia, right, are seen on the right as they listen on with their dog Bo.

The White House Easter Egg Roll takes place on the South Lawn of the White House on Monday.

Bernadette Saavedre walks along the side of the road as she makes her pilgrimage to El Santuario de Chimayo in Chimayo, New Mexico April 23. Thousands of people walk to the little chapel over Easter weekend, where they believe the dirt inside holds the power to heal, some from as far away as Mexico and Colorado.

Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin kisses Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill during an Orthodox Easter service in the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow April 23. This year, Orthodox and Catholic churches are celebrating Easter on the same date.

Michael Armbrust of Greensburg seeks shelter from the rain drops under an umbrella while selling Easter flowers along North Greengate Road in Hempfield Township. The road side stand will be selling the flowers all weekend long.

Spectators are silhouetted as they watch the flames of an Easter Bonfire rising in Hamburg's Blankenese suburb, Germany, on April 23 evening. This ancient, pre-Christian era custom, which originally was aimed at banishing evil demons has survived into the 21st century.

Worshippers hold candles at the Church of Holy Sepulchre during the Christian Orthodox Holy Fire ceremony in Jerusalem's Old City on April 23.

View looking down from the rotunda inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem that shows the Tomb of Christ as the miracle of the Holy Fire occurs on April 23, the day before Easter. Eastern Orthodox Christians believe the Holy Fire, which emenates from within the Tomb of Christ and quickly spreads around the church and outside to Jerusalem and even to foreign countries, represents the flame of the Resurrection power, as well as the fire of the Burning Bush of Mount Sinai.

A general view of the Church of Holy Sepulchre during the Christian Orthodox Holy Fire ceremony in Jerusalem's Old City on April 23. Christians around the world celebrate Easter on Sunday.

The Holy Fire is spread from the rotunda in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where many believe Jesus was buried, during the ceremony of the Holy Fire in Jerusalem, Israel, on April 23.

Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, blesses Benilda Tiongco as she enters the Cathedral of St. Matthew for the Good Friday mass April 22, 2011 in Washington, DC. About 200 Catholics followed the Via Crucis, or 'Way of the Cross,' and carried wooden crosses and statues from Our Lady, Queen of the Americas Catholic Church to the cathedral.

Women penitents wearing traditional mantilla scarves wait inside the Royal Palace to start the procession of the 'Santisimo Cristo de los Alabarderos' brotherhood during Holy Week in Madrid, April 22, 2011. Hundreds of Easter processions take place in Spain during Holy Week drawing thousands of visitors.

Jeff Thomas endures the rain as he stands on a cross on Glenwood Ave as part of an Easter weekend awareness event for the Northpark Church in Raleigh, N.C. on Friday, April 22, 2011. Members of the church took shifts on the cross for 1/2 - hour or an hour throughout the day.

A child dressed as Jesus Christ is carried by a man as they take part in "Los Encadenados," or "The Chained Ones" procession on Good Friday during Holy Week in Masatepe, Nicaragua, Friday, April 22, 2011.

A man builds a sand sculpture of the face of Jesus Christ during Holy Week celebrations in Arenal de Cochiraya, on the outskirts of Oruro, Bolivia, Friday, April 22, 2011.

Inmates take part in the re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday in a jail in Mexico City April 22, 2011.

Faithful carry the Cross during one of the stations of the Way of the Cross led by Pope Benedict XVI on Good Friday on April 22, 2011 in front of the Colosseum in Rome.

School girls in traditional clothes of the 'Matyo' minority prepare for traditional Easter celebrations on April 21.

Local school girls, wearing the traditional clothes of the 'Matyo' minority, react as boys throw water on them east of Budapest on Thursday, April 21. Locals from northeast Hungary celebrate Easter with the traditional "watering of the girls," a fertility ritual rooted in Hungary's tribal pre-Christian past, going as far back as the second century AD.

A bucket of water is poured onto a Matyo minority girl dressed in traditional clothing in Mezokovesd, central Hungary on April 21.

Boys throw water on girls in Mezokovesd, east of Budapest, Hungary, on April 21.