Russia's Federation Council Chair Valentina Matvienko and Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill during the award ceremony of the "Beauty of the God's World" contest winner in the 9-12-year-old age group Sofia Petrova during the Plenary session of 4th Christmas parliamentary meeting.29.01.2016#2781724
Russia's Federation Council Chair Valentina Matvienko and Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill during the Plenary session of 4th Christmas parliamentary meeting.29.01.2016#2781708
Apostolic nuncio in Russia Archbishop Ivan Yurkovich (right) is seen here during the plenary session of the 4th Christmas parliamentary meetings29.01.2016#2781675
Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Sergei Zheleznyak at the plenary meeting of the Fourth Christmas parliamentary meetings.29.01.2016#2781635
Head of the Moscow Department of Cultural Heritage Alexander Kibovsky (in the foreground), Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia (from left in the background) at the Fourth Christmas parliamentary meetings plenary session.29.01.2016#2781599
Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia at the Fourth Christmas parliamentary meetings plenary session.29.01.2016#2781594
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and Chairperson of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation Valentina Matviyenko, from left, at the plenary meeting of the Fourth Christmas parliamentary meetings.29.01.2016#2781592
From left: Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, First Deputy Federation Council Speaker Nikolai Fyodorov and Deputy State Duma Speaker Sergei Zheleznyak at the Fourth Christmas parliamentary meetings plenary session.29.01.2016#2781574
Old-Rite Metropolitan Kornily of Moscow and All Russia at the Fourth Christmas parliamentary meetings plenary session.29.01.2016#2781565
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and Chairperson at the plenary meeting of the Fourth Christmas parliamentary meetings.29.01.2016#2781557
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and Chairperson of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation Valentina Matviyenko at the plenary meeting of the Fourth Christmas parliamentary meetings.29.01.2016#2781550
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and Chairperson of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation Valentina Matviyenko at the plenary meeting of the Fourth Christmas parliamentary meetings.29.01.2016#2781544
Chairman of the Synodal Department of Religious Education and Catechism of the Russian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Mercury of Rostov and Novocherkassk, left, and Patricarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia at the plenary meeting of the Fourth Christmas parliamentary meetings.29.01.2016#2781540
Chairperson of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation Valentina Matviyenko, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Chairman of the Synodal Department of Religious Education and Catechism of the Russian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Mercury of Rostov and Novocherkassk at the plenary meeting of the Fourth Christmas parliamentary meetings.29.01.2016#2781537
First Deputy Chairman of Spiritual Board of Muslims of the European part of Russia Damir Mukhetdinov at the plenary meeting of the Fourth Christmas parliamentary meetings.29.01.2016#2781536
From right in the foreground: Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia at the plenary session of the Fourth Christmas parliamentary meetnigs.29.01.2016#2781515
