People carry flowers to the monument to polite people as they mark the fifth anniversary of the referendum on the state status of Crimea and Sevastopol and its reunification with Russia, in Simferopol, Crimea, Russia. Crimea rejoined Russia in 2014 after 97 percent of the peninsula's residents voted in favour of the move in a referendum.15.03.2019#5816958
A torch at the Rostral column lit in honor of the Scarlet Sails 2018 festival for high school graduates in St. Petersburg24.06.2018#5553530
The mourning ceremony for the children killed during an attack on a school in Donetsk.07.11.2014#2523871
The mourning ceremony for the children killed during an attack on a school in Donetsk.07.11.2014#2523867
The mourning ceremony for the children killed during the shelling of a school in Donetsk.07.11.2014#2523882
The mourning ceremony for the children killed during an attack on a school in Donetsk.07.11.2014#2523862
A bride and a groom wearing national Hutsul costumes get married in the church of the village of Kosmach, Ivanono-Frankovskaya region, Ukraine.18.05.2013#1472458
A bride and a groom wearing national Hutsul costumes get married in the church of the village of Kosmach, Ivanono-Frankovskaya region, Ukraine.18.05.2013#1472455
A bride and a groom wearing national Hutsul costumes get married in the church of the village of Kosmach, Ivanono-Frankovskaya region, Ukraine.18.05.2013#1472454
A bride and a groom wearing national Hutsul costumes get married in the church of the village of Kosmach, Ivanono-Frankovskaya region, Ukraine.18.05.2013#1472453
A bride and a groom wearing national Hutsul costumes get married in the church of the village of Kosmach, Ivanono-Frankovskaya region, Ukraine.18.05.2013#1472452
General Director of Kazakhstan's basketball team "Astana Tigers" Valery Tikhonenko and his wife Victoria at their wedding ceremony in the church of Archangel Michael in Moscow.01.06.2012#1143890
Wife of the general director of Kazakhstan's basketball team "Astana Tigers" Valery Tikhonenko, Victoria, at their wedding ceremony in the church of Archangel Michael in Moscow.01.06.2012#1143888
General Director of Kazakhstan's basketball team "Astana Tigers" Valery Tikhonenko and his wife Victoria at their wedding ceremony in the church of Archangel Michael in Moscow.01.06.2012#1143885
Wife of the general director of Kazakhstan's basketball team "Astana Tigers" Valery Tikhonenko, Victoria, at their wedding ceremony in the church of Archangel Michael in Moscow.01.06.2012#1143880
General Director of Kazakhstan's basketball team "Astana Tigers" Valery Tikhonenko and his wife Victoria (center) at their wedding ceremony in the church of Archangel Michael in Moscow.01.06.2012#1143877
Catholic priests officiate at an Easter service in the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Cathedral in Kazan.07.04.2012#1087362
Catholic parishioners light a candle at an Easter service in the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Cathedral in Kazan.07.04.2012#1087361
Face of Christ at an Easter service in the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Cathedral in Kazan.07.04.2012#1087360
Catholic cross on the wall of the Cathedral of St. Catherine of Alexandria on Nevsky Prospekt during the festive Easter service in St. Petersburg.07.04.2012#1087379
Worshippers with candles at a festive Easter service in the Cathedral of St. Catherine of Alexandria on Nevsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg.07.04.2012#1087384
Worshippers with candles at a festive Easter service in the Cathedral of St. Catherine of Alexandria on Nevsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg.07.04.2012#1087383
Worshippers with candles at a festive Easter service in the Cathedral of St. Catherine of Alexandria on Nevsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg.07.04.2012#1087382
Catholic priests holding a ceremony at the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Frombork, northern Poland, to rebury the remains of renowned astronomer and Catholic priest Nicolaus Copernicus discovered at Frombork Cathedral during archaeological works in 2005.22.05.2010#671920
Catholic priests holding a ceremony at the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Frombork, northern Poland, to rebury the remains of renowned astronomer and Catholic priest Nicolaus Copernicus discovered at Frombork Cathedral during archaeological works in 2005.22.05.2010#671918
Catholic priests holding a ceremony at the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Frombork, northern Poland, to rebury the remains of renowned astronomer and Catholic priest Nicolaus Copernicus discovered at Frombork Cathedral during archaeological works in 2005.22.05.2010#671917
Catholic priests attending a ceremony at the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Frombork, northern Poland, to rebury the remains of renowned astronomer and Catholic priest Nicolaus Copernicus.22.05.2010#671915
Catholic priests holding a ceremony at the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Frombork, northern Poland, to rebury the remains of renowned astronomer and Catholic priest Nicolaus Copernicus discovered at Frombork Cathedral during archaeological works in 2005.22.05.2010#671913
Catholic priests attending a ceremony at the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Frombork, northern Poland, to rebury the remains of renowned astronomer and Catholic priest Nicolaus Copernicus.22.05.2010#671912
The ceremony held at the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Frombork, northern Poland, to rebury the remains of renowned astronomer and Catholic priest Nicolaus Copernicus discovered at Frombork Cathedral during archaeological works in 2005.22.05.2010#671910
The ceremony held at the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Frombork, northern Poland, to rebury the remains of renowned astronomer and Catholic priest Nicolaus Copernicus discovered at Frombork Cathedral during archaeological works in 2005.22.05.2010#671909
Catholic priests holding a ceremony at the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Frombork, northern Poland, to rebury the remains of renowned astronomer and Catholic priest Nicolaus Copernicus discovered at Frombork Cathedral during archaeological works in 2005.22.05.2010#671908
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia performing the divine liturgy at the newly consecrated Church of Holy Martyr St. George the Victorious in Chelyabinsk.19.04.2010#631909
Moscow's Catholics holding a traditional Lent Cross Procession around the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Moscow's Malaya Gruzinskaya Street.27.03.2010#609653
Moscow's Catholics holding a traditional Lent Cross Procession around the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Moscow's Malaya Gruzinskaya Street.27.03.2010#609652
Moscow's Catholics holding a traditional Lent Cross Procession around the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Moscow's Malaya Gruzinskaya Street.27.03.2010#609651
Moscow's Catholics holding a traditional Lent Cross Procession around the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Moscow's Malaya Gruzinskaya Street.27.03.2010#609650
Moscow's Catholics holding a traditional Lent Cross Procession around the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Moscow's Malaya Gruzinskaya Street.27.03.2010#609649
Moscow's Catholics holding a traditional Lent Cross Procession around the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Moscow's Malaya Gruzinskaya Street.27.03.2010#609648
Moscow's Catholics holding a traditional Lent Cross Procession around the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Moscow's Malaya Gruzinskaya Street.27.03.2010#609647
Moscow's Catholics holding a traditional Lent Cross Procession around the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Moscow's Malaya Gruzinskaya Street.27.03.2010#609646
Moscow's Catholics holding a traditional Lent Cross Procession around the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Moscow's Malaya Gruzinskaya Street.27.03.2010#609658
Moscow's Catholics holding a traditional Lent Cross Procession around the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Moscow's Malaya Gruzinskaya Street.27.03.2010#609657
Moscow's Catholics holding a traditional Lent Cross Procession around the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Moscow's Malaya Gruzinskaya Street.27.03.2010#609656
Moscow's Catholics holding a traditional Lent Cross Procession around the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Moscow's Malaya Gruzinskaya Street.27.03.2010#609654
Moscow's Catholics holding a traditional Lent Cross Procession around the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Moscow's Malaya Gruzinskaya Street.27.03.2010#609655
Patriarch Cyril of Moscow and All Russia, center, has held a ceremonial service at the Sviatohirsk Lavra, as part of his visit to Ukraine.30.07.2009#416771
The ceremonial service at the Sviatohirsk Lavra, which Patriarch Cyril of Moscow and All Russia held as part of his visit to Ukraine.30.07.2009#416772
Patriarch Cyril of Moscow and All Russia, center, has held a ceremonial service at the Sviatohirsk Lavra, as part of his visit to Ukraine.30.07.2009#416713
The ceremonial service at the Sviatohirsk Lavra, which Patriarch Cyril of Moscow and All Russia held as part of his visit to Ukraine.30.07.2009#416740
The ceremonial service at the Sviatohirsk Lavra, which Patriarch Cyril of Moscow and All Russia held as part of his visit to Ukraine.30.07.2009#416738
Preparations before a Christmas service in the Virgin Mary's Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Moscow.24.12.2008#366014
A funeral divine liturgy began at the bier of Holy Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II at Christ the Savior Cathedral. It is being conducted by Metropolitan Kirill (background) of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, the patriarchal locum tenens.09.12.2008#363007
May 7, 2008. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his wife, Svetlana, at the Kremlin's Annunciation Cathedral after his inauguration as Russia's third president.07.05.2008#311010
People lining up to pay their last respects to Boris Yeltsin, Russia's first president, at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow.25.04.2007#151282
People lining up to pay their last respects to Boris Yeltsin, Russia's first president, at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow. 25.04.2007#151280
