Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, second left, attends the groundbreaking ceremony for the Dormition Cathedral on the territory of the Monastery of the Dormition of the Mother of God on the memorial day of Saint Seraphim of Sarov.01.08.2016#2902556
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, center, background, meets with scientists of the Russian Federal Nuclear Center on the territory of the Monastery of the Dormition of the Mother of God in Sarov.01.08.2016#2902555
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, center, meets with scientists of the Russian Federal Nuclear Center on the territory of the Monastery of the Dormition of the Mother of God in Sarov.01.08.2016#2902554
Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Valery Shantsev, front, takes part in the groundbreaking ceremony for the Dormition Cathedral on the territory of the Monastery of the Dormition of the Mother of God in Sarov.01.08.2016#2902553
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia attends the groundbreaking ceremony for the Dormition Cathedral on the territory of the Monastery of the Dormition of the Mother of God on the memorial day of Saint Seraphim of Sarov.01.08.2016#2902550
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, center, attends the groundbreaking ceremony for the Dormition Cathedral on the territory of the Monastery of the Dormition of the Mother of God on the memorial day of Saint Seraphim of Sarov.01.08.2016#2902547
From left: Sergei Kirienko, CEO of the Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation, Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Valery Shantsev and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin attend the groundbreaking ceremony for the Dormition Cathedral on the territory of the Monastery of the Dormition of the Mother of God in Sarov.01.08.2016#2902546
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia attends the groundbreaking ceremony for the Dormition Cathedral on the territory of the Monastery of the Dormition of the Mother of God on the memorial day of Saint Seraphim of Sarov. Right: Metropolitan Georgy (Vasily Danilov) of Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas.01.08.2016#2902544
From left: Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Valery Shantsev and Sergei Kirienko, CEO of the Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation, attend the groundbreaking ceremony for the Dormition Cathedral on the territory of the Monastery of the Dormition of the Mother of God in Sarov.01.08.2016#2902540
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia attends the groundbreaking ceremony for the Dormition Cathedral on the territory of the Monastery of the Dormition of the Mother of God on the memorial day of Saint Seraphim of Sarov.01.08.2016#2902535
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, second right, meets with scientists of the Russian Federal Nuclear Center on the territory of the Monastery of the Dormition of the Mother of God in Sarov.01.08.2016#2902532
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, center, meets with scientists of the Russian Federal Nuclear Center on the territory of the Monastery of the Dormition of the Mother of God in Sarov.01.08.2016#2902531
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, center, meets with scientists of the Russian Federal Nuclear Center on the territory of the Monastery of the Dormition of the Mother of God in Sarov.01.08.2016#2902525
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, center, attends the groundbreaking ceremony for the Dormition Cathedral on the territory of the Monastery of the Dormition of the Mother of God on the memorial day of Saint Seraphim of Sarov.01.08.2016#2902526
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, center, attends the groundbreaking ceremony for the Dormition Cathedral on the territory of the Monastery of the Dormition of the Mother of God on the memorial day of Saint Seraphim of Sarov.01.08.2016#2902510
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia attends the groundbreaking ceremony for the Dormition Cathedral on the territory of the Monastery of the Dormition of the Mother of God on the memorial day of Saint Seraphim of Sarov.01.08.2016#2902506
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, center, attends the groundbreaking ceremony for the Dormition Cathedral on the territory of the Monastery of the Dormition of the Mother of God on the memorial day of Saint Seraphim of Sarov. Left: Metropolitan Georgy (Vasily Danilov) of Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas.01.08.2016#2902492
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia visits the Monastery of the Dormition of the Mother of God on the memorial day of Saint Seraphim of Sarov.01.08.2016#2902489
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia conducts a liturgy on Cathedral Square of the Seraphimo-Diveyevsky Convent on the memorial day of Saint Seraphim of Sarov.01.08.2016#2902391
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia conducts a liturgy on Cathedral Square of the Seraphimo-Diveyevsky Convent on the memorial day of Saint Seraphim of Sarov.01.08.2016#2902389
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia conducts a liturgy on Cathedral Square of the Seraphimo-Diveyevsky Convent on the memorial day of Saint Seraphim of Sarov.01.08.2016#2902370
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia conducts a liturgy on Cathedral Square of the Seraphimo-Diveyevsky Convent on the memorial day of Saint Seraphim of Sarov.01.08.2016#2902350
Priests seen here during a liturgy conducted by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia on Cathedral Square of the Seraphimo-Diveyevsky Convent on the memorial day of Saint Seraphim of Sarov.01.08.2016#2902344
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia conducts a liturgy on Cathedral Square of the Seraphimo-Diveyevsky Convent on the memorial day of Saint Seraphim of Sarov.01.08.2016#2902339
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, center, conducts a divine liturgy on the main square of the Seraphim-Diveyevo Convent on the memorial day of Saint Seraphim of Sarov.01.08.2016#2902198
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, foreground, conducts a divine liturgy on the main square of the Seraphim-Diveyevo Convent on the memorial day of Saint Seraphim of Sarov.01.08.2016#2902189
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia conducts a divine liturgy on the main square of the Seraphim-Diveyevo Convent on the memorial day of Saint Seraphim of Sarov.01.08.2016#2902188
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, foreground, conducts a divine liturgy on the main square of the Seraphim-Diveyevo Convent on the memorial day of Saint Seraphim of Sarov.01.08.2016#2902186
Parishioners during a liturgy conducted by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia on the main square of the concent on the memorial day of Saint Seraphim of Sarov.01.08.2016#2902174
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, right, conducts a divine liturgy on the main square of the Seraphim-Diveyevo Convent on the memorial day of Saint Seraphim of Sarov.01.08.2016#2902173
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, second right, conducts a divine liturgy on the main square of the Seraphim-Diveyevo Convent on the memorial day of Saint Seraphim of Sarov.01.08.2016#2902153
A nun with a video camera during a liturgy conducted by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia on the main square of the Seraphim-Diveyevo Convent on the memorial day of Saint Seraphim of Sarov.01.08.2016#2902152
A nun with a camera during a liturgy conducted by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia on the main square of the Seraphim-Diveyevo Convent on the memorial day of Saint Seraphim of Sarov.01.08.2016#2902151
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, right, conducts a divine liturgy on the main square of the Seraphim-Diveyevo Convent on the memorial day of Saint Seraphim of Sarov.01.08.2016#2902149
Hegumeness Sergia (Konkova), mother superior of the Holy Trinity Seraphim-Diveyevo Convent, during a liturgy conducted by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia on the main square of the concent on the memorial day of Saint Seraphim of Sarov.01.08.2016#2902148
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia conducts a divine liturgy on the main square of the Seraphim-Diveyevo Convent on the memorial day of Saint Seraphim of Sarov.01.08.2016#2902139