Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill consecrates the new St. Peter and Paul Church in Sestroretsk built to commemorate perished submarine crews.

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October 11, 2009. From right: Deputy head of Presidential Executive Office Alexander Beglov, Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, Metropolitan Vladimir of St. Petersburg and Ladoga, Russian First Lady Svetlana Medvedeva and St. Petersburg governor Valentina Matvienko seen outside the new St. Peter and Paul Church in Sestroretsk built to commemorate perished submarine crews.

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Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, center, seen near a reproduction of the Silent Vessel, a prototype submarine designed by Yefim Nikonov and launched in the presence of Peter The Great in 1721. The submarine memorial is installed outside the new St. Peter and Paul Church in Sestroretsk built to commemorate perished submarine crews. On the left, background, is Russian First Lady Svetlana Medvedeva.

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Nakhimov Naval School cadets seen during the consecration ceremony of the new St. Peter and Paul Church in Sestroretsk built to commemorate perished submarine crews.

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A reproduction of the Silent Vessel, a prototype submarine designed by Yefim Nikonov and launched in the presence of Peter The Great in 1721. The submarine memorial is installed outside the new St. Peter and Paul Church in Sestroretsk built to commemorate perished submarine crews.

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The new St. Peter and Paul Church in Sestroretsk built to commemorate perished Russian submarine crews.

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October 11, 2009. From right: Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, Deputy head of Presidential Executive Office Alexander Beglov, First Lady Svetlana Medvedeva and St. Petersburg governor Valentina Matvienko seen outside the new St. Peter and Paul Church in Sestroretsk built to commemorate perished submarine crews.

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Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill consecrates the new St. Peter and Paul Church in Sestroretsk built to commemorate perished submarine crews.

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Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov seen during the consecration ceremony of the new St. Peter and Paul Church in Sestroretsk built to commemorate perished submarine crews.

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The new St. Peter and Paul Church in Sestroretsk built to commemorate perished submarine crews.

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October 11, 2009. From right: Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, Metropolitan Vladimir of St. Petersburg and Ladoga, Russian First Lady Svetlana Medvedeva and St. Petersburg governor Valentina Matvienko seen after visiting the new St. Peter and Paul Church in Sestroretsk built to commemorate perished submarine crews.

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