Russia's Putin attends midnight Orthodox Easter service in Moscow

Record ID: 1720936

  • Title: Russia's Putin attends midnight Orthodox Easter service in Moscow
  • Date: 15th April 2023
  • Summary: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (APRIL 16, 2023) (RUSSIAN POOL) PRIEST, SAYING (Russian) “Christ has risen” VLADIMIR PUTIN, SAYING (Russian) “Truly he is risen” CROWD, SAYING (Russian) “Truly he is risen” VARIOUS OF PROCESSION ENTERING CATHEDRAL RUSSIAN ORTHODOX PATRIARCH KIRILL, SAYING (Russian) “Christ has risen” VLADIMIR PUTIN, SAYING (Russian) “Truly he is risen” PROCESSION NEARING ALTAR CROWS LISTENING, TAKING PICTURES KIRILL BLESSING CROWD, SAYING (Russian) “Christ has risen” VLADIMIR PUTIN AND MOSCOW MAYOR SERGEY SOBYANIN, SAYING (Russian) “Truly he is risen” SERVICE IN PROGRESS KIRILL PRAYING PUTIN CROSSING HIMSELF VARIOUS OF SERVICE IN PROGRESS SOBYANIN CROSSING HIMSELF SERVICE IN PROGRESS KIRILL BLESSING CROWD, SAYING (Russian) “Christ has risen” VLADIMIR PUTIN, SAYING (Russian) “Truly he is risen” VARIOUS OF CROWD SAYING (Russian) “Truly he is risen” SERVICE IN PROGRESS
  • Embargoed: 29th April 2023 22:53
  • Keywords: EASTER LITURGY ORTHODOX PUTIN
  • Location: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
  • City: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
  • Country: Russia
  • Topics: Europe,Religion/Belief,Society/Social Issues
  • Reuters ID: LVA001534315042023RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: President Vladimir Putin on Sunday (APRIL 16) attended an Easter service conducted by the Russian Orthodox Church, which has strongly backed the Kremlin leader's decision to send troops to Ukraine.
    Putin, dressed in a dark suit, white shirt and dark purple tie, stood to one side in Moscow's Christ the Saviour Cathedral, holding a lit red candle, live images of the midnight service showed. He also attended last year.
    The Russian leader crossed himself several times during the ceremony, known as the Divine Liturgy. When Patriarch Kirill announced "Christ has risen," Putin joined the other members of the congregation with the reply "Truly he is risen." He otherwise did not speak.
    Kirill's statements backing Russia's invasion, which Kyiv and Western nations condemn as an act of aggression, have splintered the worldwide Orthodox Church.
    In January, Putin praised the church for supporting Moscow's forces fighting in Ukraine in an Orthodox Christmas message designed to rally people behind his vision of modern Russia.
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