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A baby crying during his baptism at St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Washington, D.C., where anointing with olive oil and baptism in water signify salvation. "Oil enables the baby to slip away from the grasp of evil," says Father John Tavlarides. As for his own grasp? "I haven't lost one yet."
Paper wreaths are burned as a final offering at the funeral for the elder Sun family matriarch who died at the age of around 85 years old.
Dirt is shoveled onto the tomb at a funeral for the elder Sun family matriarch who died at the age of around 85 years old.
Crying mourners at a funeral for the elder Sun family matriarch who died at the age of around 85 years old.
A portrait of a family at the Ute Bear Dance in Randlett, Utah.
At the Ute Bear Dance in Randlett, Utah members of the Ute tribe dance this spring ritual. The women approach a man and flip their shawl, an indication they want to dance.
Mourners at a funeral for the elder Sun family matriarch who died at the age of around 85 years old.
A funeral for the elder Sun family matriarch who died at the age of around 85 years old. Paper money is burned to be used in the afterlife.
A funeral for the elder Sun family matriarch who died at the age of around 85 years old. Paper wreaths are burned as a final offering.
A baby crying during his baptism at St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Washington, D.C., where anointing with olive oil and baptism in water signify salvation. "Oil enables the baby to slip away from the grasp of evil," says Father John Tavlarides. As for his own grasp? "I haven't lost one yet."
A baby crying during his baptism at St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Washington, D.C., where anointing with olive oil and baptism in water signify salvation. "Oil enables the baby to slip away from the grasp of evil," says Father John Tavlarides. As for his own grasp? "I haven't lost one yet."
A baby crying during his baptism at St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Washington, D.C., where anointing with olive oil and baptism in water signify salvation. "Oil enables the baby to slip away from the grasp of evil," says Father John Tavlarides. As for his own grasp? "I haven't lost one yet."
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