"BLESSES"

#13556859

11 Apr 2026

Military chaplain Father Stepan blesses a drone before a combat mission in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on April 8, 2026. On the eve of Orthodox Easter, the priest visits the position of the Gara strike drone pilots from the Striletskyi Special Unit. Father Stepan holds an Easter prayer dedicated to the Resurrection of Christ and consecrates the aircraft of the Zaporizhzhia police.

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#13556868

11 Apr 2026

Military chaplain Father Stepan blesses paskas (Ukrainian Easter cakes) with holy water ahead of a combat mission in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on April 8, 2026. On the eve of Orthodox Easter, the priest visits the position of the Gara strike drone pilots from the Striletskyi Special Unit. Father Stepan holds an Easter prayer dedicated to the Resurrection of Christ and consecrates the aircraft of the Zaporizhzhia police.

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#13556881

11 Apr 2026

Military chaplain Father Stepan blesses paskas (Ukrainian Easter cakes) with holy water ahead of a combat mission in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on April 8, 2026. On the eve of Orthodox Easter, the priest visits the position of the Gara strike drone pilots from the Striletskyi Special Unit. Father Stepan holds an Easter prayer dedicated to the Resurrection of Christ and consecrates the aircraft of the Zaporizhzhia police.

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#13556888

11 Apr 2026

Military chaplain Father Stepan blesses a drone before a combat mission in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on April 8, 2026. On the eve of Orthodox Easter, the priest visits the position of the Gara strike drone pilots from the Striletskyi Special Unit. Father Stepan holds an Easter prayer dedicated to the Resurrection of Christ and consecrates the aircraft of the Zaporizhzhia police.

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#13556890

11 Apr 2026

Military chaplain Father Stepan blesses a soldier before a combat mission in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on April 8, 2026. On the eve of Orthodox Easter, the priest visits the position of the Gara strike drone pilots from the Striletskyi Special Unit. Father Stepan holds an Easter prayer dedicated to the Resurrection of Christ and consecrates the aircraft of the Zaporizhzhia police.

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#13556895

11 Apr 2026

Military chaplain Father Stepan blesses paskas (Ukrainian Easter cakes) with holy water ahead of a combat mission in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on April 8, 2026. On the eve of Orthodox Easter, the priest visits the position of the Gara strike drone pilots from the Striletskyi Special Unit. Father Stepan holds an Easter prayer dedicated to the Resurrection of Christ and consecrates the aircraft of the Zaporizhzhia police.

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#13556896

11 Apr 2026

Military chaplain Father Stepan blesses a soldier before a combat mission in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on April 8, 2026. On the eve of Orthodox Easter, the priest visits the position of the Gara strike drone pilots from the Striletskyi Special Unit. Father Stepan holds an Easter prayer dedicated to the Resurrection of Christ and consecrates the aircraft of the Zaporizhzhia police.

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#13556900

11 Apr 2026

Military chaplain Father Stepan blesses a drone before a combat mission in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on April 8, 2026. On the eve of Orthodox Easter, the priest visits the position of the Gara strike drone pilots from the Striletskyi Special Unit. Father Stepan holds an Easter prayer dedicated to the Resurrection of Christ and consecrates the aircraft of the Zaporizhzhia police.

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#13556901

11 Apr 2026

Military chaplain Father Stepan blesses a drone before a combat mission in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on April 8, 2026. On the eve of Orthodox Easter, the priest visits the position of the Gara strike drone pilots from the Striletskyi Special Unit. Father Stepan holds an Easter prayer dedicated to the Resurrection of Christ and consecrates the aircraft of the Zaporizhzhia police.

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#13556902

11 Apr 2026

Military chaplain Father Stepan blesses a drone before a combat mission in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on April 8, 2026. On the eve of Orthodox Easter, the priest visits the position of the Gara strike drone pilots from the Striletskyi Special Unit. Father Stepan holds an Easter prayer dedicated to the Resurrection of Christ and consecrates the aircraft of the Zaporizhzhia police.

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#13556903

11 Apr 2026

Military chaplain Father Stepan blesses a soldier before a combat mission in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on April 8, 2026. On the eve of Orthodox Easter, the priest visits the position of the Gara strike drone pilots from the Striletskyi Special Unit. Father Stepan holds an Easter prayer dedicated to the Resurrection of Christ and consecrates the aircraft of the Zaporizhzhia police.

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#13556904

11 Apr 2026

Military chaplain Father Stepan blesses a soldier before a combat mission in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on April 8, 2026. On the eve of Orthodox Easter, the priest visits the position of the Gara strike drone pilots from the Striletskyi Special Unit. Father Stepan holds an Easter prayer dedicated to the Resurrection of Christ and consecrates the aircraft of the Zaporizhzhia police.

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#13556905

11 Apr 2026

Military chaplain Father Stepan blesses a soldier before a combat mission in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on April 8, 2026. On the eve of Orthodox Easter, the priest visits the position of the Gara strike drone pilots from the Striletskyi Special Unit. Father Stepan holds an Easter prayer dedicated to the Resurrection of Christ and consecrates the aircraft of the Zaporizhzhia police.

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#13556906

11 Apr 2026

Military chaplain Father Stepan blesses a soldier before a combat mission in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on April 8, 2026. On the eve of Orthodox Easter, the priest visits the position of the Gara strike drone pilots from the Striletskyi Special Unit. Father Stepan holds an Easter prayer dedicated to the Resurrection of Christ and consecrates the aircraft of the Zaporizhzhia police.

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#13556898

11 Apr 2026

Anna Tkachenko, spokesperson for the Main Department of the National Police in the Zaporizhzhia region, displays a basket with paskas (Ukrainian Easter cakes) and colored eggs for Gara strike drone pilots in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on April 8, 2026. On the eve of Orthodox Easter, military chaplain Father Stepan visits the Gara strike drone pilots of the Striletskyi Special Unit. The priest conducts an Easter prayer dedicated to the Resurrection of Christ and blesses the aircraft of the Zaporizhzhia police.

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#13541557

6 Apr 2026

People take baskets of food that have been blesses at the Saint John the Baptist Archcathedral in Warsaw, Poland on 04 April, 2026. On the day before Easter Poles bring baskets with food to their local parish to be blessed. Baskets often contain different foods such as eggs, bread and a piece of sausage or ham which all have different meanings.

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