Western Christians mark Easter at Jerusalem's Holy Sepulchre

Hundreds of pilgrims filed into Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the traditional site of Jesus's resurrection, for Easter celebrations on Sunday.

Catholics and Protestants mark Easter on Sunday, while eastern Orthodox Christians celebrated Palm Sunday, with Easter Sunday coming for them on April 28.

The church, in the Old City of Israeli-occupied east Jerusalem, is built at the site where Christians believe Jesus was crucified, buried and resurrected.

A recently renovated ornate shrine within the church surrounds the cave where Jesus is believed to have been interred.

The western and eastern faiths mingled there in a packed crowd.

"Too much of an unruly crowd is not so spiritual," grumbled Donatella Buhler from Switzerland, there with her children.

Polish pilgrim Matthew Novak was more impressed.

"It's really different," he said.

"You can feel the spirit of religion."