Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia conducts a service outside the Church of Resurrection and the Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia at the Butovo shooting range in Moscow region, Russia. Butovo was used for mass executions and mass graves during Joseph Stalin's Great Purge, with 20,762 prisoners of various nationalities documented as being transported to the site and executed by the Soviet secret police.
- Categories: Religion & Belief
- Location: Moscow region, Russia
- Event date: 13.05.2023
- Date published: 13.05.2023
- Author: Vladimir Astapkovich
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 7253x4835px, 18.2Mb
- Job-ID: 3e976a92868e1bdd