Keeping Culture Alive In The Time Of COVID-19

A woman livestreams an exhibition of works by Russian realist painter Ilya Repin in a Yekaterinburg museum on May 16.

The screening of a classic Iranian film plays to a car-bound crowd in Tehran on May 3.

An Orthodox priest blesses Easter cakes and eggs while maintaining distance from an elderly couple in a village near Kyiv on April 19.
 

A singer entertains an apartment block during lockdown in Durres, Albania, on April 7.

Masked Kyrgyz servicemen salute World War II veterans outside an apartment block in Bishkek during the 75-year celebrations of victory over Nazi Germany on May 9.

A Georgian man wears a mask that matches his traditional Caucasian clothing during a service in Tbilisi's Trinity Cathedral on April 16 as worshippers maintain physical distancing.

Ukrainian artist brothers Nikita and Egor Zigura hold a live auction from their Kyiv studio on April 13. They raised money for Ukraine's main children's hospital.

The Zigura brothers display an artwork called Imprint to their online audience. The piece sold for about $500. The winning bidder told Reuters: "It's very cool when Ukrainian artists join such initiatives during such tough times. And for that reason I decided to support them."
 

A volunteer dressed in protective clothing carries a cross into a religious service in Bucharest during Good Friday celebrations on April 17.
 

A singer of traditional Iranian songs teaches a young music student via his smartphone in Tehran on April 15.

Dancer Alina Kobyliak poses for Ukrainian photographer Kate Kondratieva, who used her smartphone to take photos during the lockdown in Kyiv on April 7.

The April 7 photo session viewed on Kondratieva’s smartphone.

Albanians confined to their home clap along to a singer entertaining from a communal courtyard in Durres on April 7.

An Orthodox priest sprinkles holy water on believers and their "paskha" cakes and eggs on the eve of Orthodox Easter in Minsk on April 18.

A memorial service at Yerevan's Genocide Memorial commemorating the mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks starting in 1915. The livestreamed service would usually be attended by thousands of Armenians.
 

A priest hurries past masked pilgrims to the tomb of St. Basil in Niksic, Montenegro, on May 12.

Iranians attend a drive-in religious service in Tehran during Ramadan on April 30.

A 96-year-old World War II veteran watches from his apartment window as a band plays in his honor during Victory Day celebrations on May 9 in Donetsk, Ukraine.