Metropolitan Filaret of Minsk and Slutsk, Patriarchal Exarch of Belarus, center, attends a divine liturgy marking the first session day of the Russian Orthodox Church's Local Council at the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow.

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Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, the interim leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, holding a service during a meeting of the Russian Orthodox Church's Local Council that opened at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

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Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, foreground, the interim leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, holding a service during a meeting of the Russian Orthodox Church's Local Council at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

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Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, right, the interim leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, holding a service during a meeting of the Russian Orthodox Church's Local Council that opened at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

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Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, Locum Tenens of the Patriarchal See, foreground, during a divine liturgy at the Christ the Savior Cathedral. The liturgy is dedicated to the first day of the work of the Russian Orthodox Church's Local Council.

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Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, Locum Tenens of the Patriarchal See, foreground, during a divine liturgy at the Christ the Savior Cathedral. The liturgy is dedicated to the first day of the work of the Russian Orthodox Church's Local Council.

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Metropolitan Vladimir of St. Petersburg and Ladoga after a divine liturgy at the Christ the Savior Cathedral. The liturgy was dedicated to the first day of the work of the Russian Orthodox Church's Local Council.

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Metropolitan Kliment of Kaluga and Borovsk, Head of the Moscow Patriarchate's Administration, during a divine liturgy at the Christ the Savior Cathedral. The liturgy was dedicated to the first day of the work of the Russian Orthodox Church's Local Council.

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Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, Locum Tenens of the Patriarchal See, foreground, during a divine liturgy at the Christ the Savior Cathedral. The liturgy is dedicated to the first day of the work of the Russian Orthodox Church's Local Council.

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Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, Locum Tenens of the Patriarchal See during a divine liturgy at the Christ the Savior Cathedral. The liturgy is dedicated to the first day of the work of the Russian Orthodox Church's Local Council.

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Metropolitan Vladimir of St. Petersburg and Ladoga, center, during a divine liturgy at the Christ the Savior Cathedral. The liturgy is dedicated to the first day of the work of the Russian Orthodox Church's Local Council.

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Metropolitan Vladimir of St. Petersburg and Ladoga after a divine liturgy at the Christ the Savior Cathedral. The liturgy was dedicated to the first day of the work of the Russian Orthodox Church's Local Council.

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Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, Locum Tenens of the Patriarchal See, foreground, during a divine liturgy at the Christ the Savior Cathedral. The liturgy is dedicated to the first day of the work of the Russian Orthodox Church's Local Council.

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Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, Locum Tenens of the Patriarchal See, during a divine liturgy at the Christ the Savior Cathedral. The liturgy is dedicated to the first day of the work of the Russian Orthodox Church's Local Council.

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Metropolitan Kliment of Kaluga and Borovsk, Head of the Moscow Patriarchate's Administration, after a divine liturgy at the Christ the Savior Cathedral. The liturgy was dedicated to the first day of the work of the Russian Orthodox Church's Local Council.

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Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, Locum Tenens of the Patriarchal See, center, during a divine liturgy at the Christ the Savior Cathedral. The liturgy is dedicated to the first day of the work of the Russian Orthodox Church's Local Council.

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Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, Locum Tenens of the Patriarchal See, during a divine liturgy at the Christ the Savior Cathedral. The liturgy is dedicated to the first day of the work of the Russian Orthodox Church's Local Council.

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Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, Locum Tenens of the Patriarchal See, during a divine liturgy at the Christ the Savior Cathedral. The liturgy is dedicated to the first day of the work of the Russian Orthodox Church's Local Council.

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