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Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, the interim leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, at the Epiphany Cathedral where Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia will be buried.
- Package: Funeral of Alexy II
- Categories: Religion & Belief
- Location: Moscow, Russia
- Event date: 09.12.2008
- Date published: 09.12.2008
- Author: Ilya Pitalev
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 2592x1950px, 1Mb