(1 May 2005)
Night shots:
1. Wide shot onlookers in front of Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
2. Mid shot onlookers
3. Various of laser show on exterior of cathedral
4. Onlookers
5. Various of laser show
6. Mid shot Patriarch Alexy II, Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov and priests outside
7. Alexy II and Luzhkov
8. Image of Christ projected on cathedral
9. Onlookers, soldiers guarding crowd
10. Onlookers
11. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Vox pop, Sergei
"It was all very beautiful and the sound was great. I was very impressed with the set up. If I'm honest I thought that it wouldn't be as intricate. But the effect was wonderful."
12. Various of religious text projected onto cathedral
STORYLINE:
Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and Moscow's Russian Orthodox community were holding an overnight Easter service at the Christ the Saviour Cathedral on Saturday.
The Holy Fire from Jerusalem will be delivered during the service.
The fire has been miraculously appearing at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Bethlehem for centuries, symbolising the resurrection of Christ.
More than 5,000 people had gathered at the flower-adorned Christ the Saviour Cathedral to watch a spectacular laser light show.
For the first time this year, laser images of old icons and frescoes were projected on the exterior walls of the Cathedral.
Their originals are kept at the Tretyakov Gallery, the Andrei Rublev Museum of Ancient Russian Culture, and the Monastery of the Trinity and St. Sergius.
At midnight a religious procession will march around the church.
Easter services are being held in more than 26,500 Russian Orthodox churches around the world, including the Antarctic.
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