Nine-year-old Anella Hana, right, stands with other alter servers, who are all wearing traditional Iraqi alter server outfits, just before the Chaldean Catholic Easter Rite Mass at St. Peter Chaldean Catholic Church. (Hayne Palmour IV / UT San Diego)
Bishop Bawai Soro holds up a cross at the start of the Chaldean Catholic Easter Rite Mass at St. Peter Chaldean Catholic Church. (Hayne Palmour IV / UT San Diego)
Nada Badria prays during the Chaldean Catholic Easter Rite Mass at St. Peter Chaldean Catholic Church. (Hayne Palmour IV / UT San Diego)
The Chaldean Catholic Easter Rite Mass at St. Peter Chaldean Catholic Church. (Hayne Palmour IV / UT San Diego)
People pray during the Chaldean Catholic Easter Rite Mass at St. Peter Chaldean Catholic Church. (Hayne Palmour IV / UT San Diego)
People listen during the Chaldean Catholic Easter Rite Mass at St. Peter Chaldean Catholic Church. (Hayne Palmour IV / UT San Diego)
Alter servers walk down the isle during the Chaldean Catholic Easter Rite Mass at St. Peter Chaldean Catholic Church. (Hayne Palmour IV / UT San Diego)
Four-year-old Marcus Kiya looks up at his father Ayan Kiya during the Chaldean Catholic Easter Rite Mass at St. Peter Chaldean Catholic Church. (Hayne Palmour IV / UT San Diego)
Deacon Keith Esshaki, left, and sub deacon Kusay Arabo give Communion during the Chaldean Catholic Easter Rite Mass at St. Peter Chaldean Catholic Church. (Hayne Palmour IV / UT San Diego)
Bishop James Mathes lights a candle from a fire at the back of the church during The Vigil of Easter at St. Paul’s Cathedral. (Hayne Palmour IV / UT San Diego)
Members of the clergy light candles of parishioners during The Vigil of Easter at St. Paul’s Cathedral. (Hayne Palmour IV / UT San Diego)
The Very Rev. Penny Bridges sings as parishioners hold candles during The Vigil of Easter at St. Paul’s Cathedral. (Hayne Palmour IV / UT San Diego)
Celia Lawrence holds a candle during The Vigil of Easter at St. Paul’s Cathedral. (Hayne Palmour IV / UT San Diego)
The Vigil of Easter at St. Paul’s Cathedral. (Hayne Palmour IV / UT San Diego)
