MOSCOWMOSCOW — Worshippers including President Vladimir Putin packed Moscow’s landmark Christ the Savior Cathedral for a nighttime Easter service led by Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox ...
The Orthodox Church of Ukraine and the Moscow Patriarchate on April 16 held Easter services in the same iconic Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery complex, but in different churches and at different times.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin joined Orthodox worshippers at Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral to celebrate Orthodox Easter ...