Russian Orthodox Bishop Luka of Bronnitsy conducts a service at the Cathedral of the Nativity in Berdyansk, Zaporizhzhia region territory, that has accessed Russia. The Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church has accepted the Berdyansk diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church under its canonical and administrative subordination.28.05.2023#8444076
Metropolitan of Vladimir and Suzdal Eulogius walking to the Church of the Intercession on the Nerl on the feast of the Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary.14.10.2018#5837402
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia, right, and Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria, center, during a meeting in Moscow.19.11.2016#2976611
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia attends the cornerstone laying ceremony for a church reconstructed at the site where the Icon of Our Lady of Kazan was received.21.07.2016#2896466
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia attends the cornerstone laying ceremony for a church at the site where the Icon of Our Lady of Kazan was received.21.07.2016#2896468
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia attends the cornerstone laying ceremony for a church at the site where the Icon of Our Lady of Kazan was received.21.07.2016#2896469
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia attends the cornerstone laying ceremony for a church at the site where the Icon of Our Lady of Kazan was received.21.07.2016#2896470
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia attends the cornerstone laying ceremony for a church at the site where the Icon of Our Lady of Kazan was received.21.07.2016#2896471
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia attends the cornerstone laying ceremony for a church at the site where the Icon of Our Lady of Kazan was received.21.07.2016#2896472
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia attends the cornerstone laying ceremony for a church at the site where the Icon of Our Lady of Kazan was received.21.07.2016#2896473
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia attends the cornerstone laying ceremony for a church at the site where the Icon of Our Lady of Kazan was received.21.07.2016#2896474
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia attends the cornerstone laying ceremony for a church at the site where the Icon of Our Lady of Kazan was received.21.07.2016#2896475
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia attends the cornerstone laying ceremony for a church at the site where the Icon of Our Lady of Kazan was received.21.07.2016#2896481
A clergyman hold metropolitans' headdresses during a Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior on the sixth anniversary of the enthronement of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.01.02.2015#2564828
Clergyman hold their headdresses during a Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior on the sixth anniversary of the enthronement of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.01.02.2015#2564804
Pope Francis the First's inauguration ceremony on St.Peter's Square in the Vatican.19.03.2013#1417506
Pope Francis the First's inauguration ceremony on St.Peter's Square in the Vatican.19.03.2013#1417505
Metropolitan Philaret of Minsk and Slutsk, right, with Metropolitan Juvenaly at a Divine Liturgy at Minskoye Zamchishche.29.07.2011#2256034
A break between plenary meetings of the Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow26.06.2008#320482
A break between plenary meetings of the Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow26.06.2008#320478
Russian President Vladimir Putin conferring the Order of Honor on Chrysanthus the Metropolitan of Vyatka and Sloboda, October 9, 200709.10.2007#168379
Russian President Vladimir Putin conferring the Order of Honor on Gregory the Archbishop of Mozhaisk, October 9, 200709.10.2007#168370
Russian President Vladimir Putin conferring the Order of Honor on Isidore the Metropolitan of Yekaterinodar and the Kuban, October 9, 200709.10.2007#168369
The consecration of a replica of the famous St. Daniel's Monastery belfry, which will be delivered to Harvard University, U.S.A., in exchange for its genuine bells.24.07.2007#160814
Naina, widow of Boris Yeltsin, the first Russian president, during his funeral in the Novodevichye Cemetery, Moscow.25.04.2007#151482
The burial of Boris Yeltsin, first Russian president, in the Novodevichye Cemetery, Moscow.25.04.2007#151480
The burial of Boris Yeltsin, first Russian president, in the Novodevichye Cemetery, Moscow. In the foreground among the mourners, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila; from left to right in the background, Bill Clinton, the 42nd U.S. president, and George Bush, Sr., the 41st U.S. president.25.04.2007#151463
The burial of Boris Yeltsin, first Russian president, in the Novodevichye Cemetery, Moscow. From right to left in the foreground, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov, Lyudmila Putina and Russian President Vladimir Putin; from right to left in the background, Pavel Borodin, Russian-Belarussian Union state secretary; Viktor Chernomyrdin, Russian ambassador to Ukraine; George Bush, Sr., the 41st U.S. president; Bill Clinton, the 42nd U.S. president; Lech Walesa, former Polish president; and John Major, former British prime minister. 25.04.2007#151449
The burial of Boris Yeltsin, first Russian president, in the Novodevichye Cemetery, Moscow. From right to left in the background, Lech Walesa, former Polish president, and John Major and Jean Chretien, former British and Canadian prime ministers, among the mourners.25.04.2007#151430
Boris Yeltsin, Russia's first president, lying in state in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, Moscow.24.04.2007#151247
Alexis II the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia and Russian President Vladimir Putin exchange Easter greetings during festive liturgy in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow.08.04.2007#149674
Alexis II the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia and Russian President Vladimir Putin exchange Easter greetings during festive liturgy in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow.08.04.2007#149673
Alexis II the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia and Russian President Vladimir Putin exchange Easter greetings during festive liturgy in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow.08.04.2007#149672
Russian President Vladimir Putin, to the left, and Sergei Sobyanin, chief of staff of the presidential executive office, attending the Easter liturgy in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow.08.04.2007#149671
From left to right in the foreground, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Sergei Sobyanin, chief of staff of the presidential executive office, Moscow mayor Yury Luzhkov and Alexis II the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, during the Easter liturgy in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow. Vladimir Yakunin, Russian Railways Company CEO, is to the left in the background.08.04.2007#149670
A bishop blesses a cross to be mounted on the dome of the Church of the Apparition of Our Lady. The church, in Sheremetyev Yard in Moscow's center, is presently under repair.09.12.2006#139954
Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia during a service at the Life-Giving Trinity Church on Borisovskiye Ponds.19.05.2004#634729
Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia consecrating the Life-Giving Trinity Church on Borisovskiye Ponds.19.05.2004#634728
Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia before a service at the Life-Giving Trinity Church on Borisovskiye Ponds.19.05.2004#634719
Miter. Donated to the Solovki Monastery by Abbot Nicanore of the Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery, 1656. Exhibited at the show, Preserved Treasures of the Solovki Monastery. Assumption Cathedral belfry, Kremlin, Moscow, 2001.16.07.2001#622405
From left: Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II, and the Mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov at a festive dinner on the occasion of the Russian Constitution Day.12.12.1997#807972
Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II and Chairman of ICN Pharmaceuticals, former prime mister of Yugoslavia Milan Panic17.04.1997#812429
Patriarch holding service to consecrate the restored chapel of the Iveron Icon at Resurrection Gate. Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin and Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov being shown the iconostasis of the restored chapel by Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and all Russia.26.10.1995#818312
Russian presidential adviser Sergei Stankevich speaking at a ceremony opening the monument to Saints Cyril and Methodius during Slavic Literature and Culture Day celebrations.24.05.1992#491042
Bishop Vasily of Simferopol and Crimea holding a moleben in the Vladimir cathedral during deposition of the remains of the Russian admirals P. Nakhimov, V. Istomin, V. Kornilov and M. Lazarev.29.02.1992#638415
Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II addresses the 5th extraordinary Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR.02.09.1991#836184
A liturgy is on at the Epiphany Cathedral, Moscow, as Alexis the Metropolitan of Leningrad and Novgorod is enthroned as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, June 1991.10.06.1991#140981
A solemn service on Red Square during the Easter holidays. Bishop Arseny of Istra reads the Easter message of Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Rus.07.04.1991#8192007
Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II during an Easter service at the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Epiphany.07.04.1991#814463
Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II during an Easter service at the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Epiphany.07.04.1991#814462
Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II giving a service at the St. Isaac Cathedral on the Day of All Saints Who Shone Forth in Russia.17.06.1990#820253
Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II in the Kazan Cathedral near the place where the remains of Field Marshal Mikhail Kutuzov are buried.16.06.1990#820254
Father Vassiliy of the Resurrection Church in the Krutitsky monastery, celebrations of the Millennium of the Baptism of Russia in Vladimir and Suzdal.22.05.1988#530370
The feast of the Meeting of the Lord. Metropolitan Gedeon of Novosibirsk and Barnaul celebrating at the Ascension cathedral.15.02.1988#817331
Master of theology Archbishop Feodosy of Smolensk and Vyazma consecrating as priest deacon Vladimir.01.03.1981#679217
A miter decorated with enamel (19th century) exhibited at the Rostov Kremlin State Museum-Reserve.11.11.1979#8315233
A miter decorated with enamel (19th century) exhibited at the Rostov Kremlin State Museum-Reserve.11.09.1979#8315228
Patriarch Pimen of Moscow and All Russia celebrating at the patriarchal Theophany cathedral in the Holy Trinity St. Sergy Lavra.01.05.1978#820359
