From left: Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine, Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad and Metropolitan Daniel (Nushiro) of All Japan at the Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, which chose Metropolitan Kirill as a candidate for the new Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia.

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From left: Metropolitan Yuvenaly of Krutitsy and Kolomna, Metropolitan Vladimir of St. Petersburg and Ladoga, Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine and Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, who was chosen as a candidate for the new Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia by Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church.

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Metropolitan Kliment of Kaluga and Borovsk, right, and Metropolitan Filaret of Minsk and Slutsk, who were chosen as candidates for the new Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia by Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church.

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Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, chosen as a candidate for the new Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia by Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church.

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Clergy at the Bishops' Council of Russian Orthodox Church at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow.

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Clergy during the Bishops' Council of Russian Orthodox Church at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow.

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Clergy during the Bishops' Council of Russian Orthodox Church at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow.

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Clergy during the Bishops' Council of Russian Orthodox Church at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow.

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Locum Tenens of the Patriarchal See Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, foreground, during the Bishops' Council of Russian Orthodox Church at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow.

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Clergy during the Bishops' Council of Russian Orthodox Church at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow.

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Locum Tenens of the Patriarchal See Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad holding Divine Liturgy during the Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow.

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Clergy attending the Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow.

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Clergy attending the Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow.

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Clergy at the Divine Liturgy during the Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow.

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Locum Tenens of the Patriarchal See Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad holding Divine Liturgy during the Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow.

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Clergy at the Divine Liturgy during the Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow.

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Locum Tenens of the Patriarchal See Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad holding Divine Liturgy during the Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow.

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