RUSSIA: RUSSIAN PATRIARCH ALEXIY II RECEIVES THE "MOTHER OF GOD OF KAZAN" ICON FROM THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

Record ID: 647439

  • Title: RUSSIA: RUSSIAN PATRIARCH ALEXIY II RECEIVES THE "MOTHER OF GOD OF KAZAN" ICON FROM THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
  • Date: 28th August 2004
  • Summary: (W4) MOSCOW, RUSSIA (AUGUST 28, 2004) (REUTERS) 1. TILT: FRESCOS INSIDE THE ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN MARY CATHEDRAL 0.05 2. CARDINAL WALTER KASPER PLACING ICON ON STAND AT ALTAR 0.19 3. RUSSIAN PATRIARCH ALEXIY II BLESSING ICON AND WORSHIPPERS 0.32 4. CATHOLIC PRIEST RECEIVING BLESSING 0.38 5. WIDE OF WORSHIPERS 0.45 6. CU: WOMAN IN CROWD 0.50 7. CU:MOTHER OF GOD OF KAZAN ICON 0.56 8. PRIESTS 1.02 9. CU: NUN IN CROWD 1.08 10. CARDINAL WALTER KASPER HANDS ICON OVER TO RUSSIAN PATRIARCH ALEXIY II / CARDINAL KASPER AND PATRIARCH ALEXIY II KISS / PATRIARCH ALEXIY II STANDS IN FRONT OF ICON 1.48 11. WS: WORSHIPPERS WATCHING PATRIARCH 1.55 12. WORSHIPPERS KISSING CROSS IN HANDS OF PRIEST 1.59 13. PATRIARCH WITH ICON 2.06 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 12th September 2004 13:00
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  • Location: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
  • Country: Russia
  • Reuters ID: LVA8KN12RPDN6FUMU1KJFC0TUVPR
  • Story Text: Russian Patriarch receives holy Mother of Kazan icon
    from Catholic church.


    Russian Patriarch Alexiy II has received the icon
    "Mother of God of Kazan" from a cardinal in the Catholic
    church in a move aimed to heal a 1,000 year-old rift in the
    two Christian churches.

    The "Mother of God of Kazan" icon is believed to be
    a miracle-working icon by Orthodox believers and thought by
    some to be connected to the third apocalyptic revelation of
    Fatima.

    Experts and church officials disagree over whether the
    icon is a 17th or 18th century copy of the missing 16th
    century original. Most believe it was smuggled out of
    Russia in the early 20th century. It resurfaced and was
    given to the Catholic Church and Pope John Paul II has
    hung it above his desk since 1993.

    The 84-year-old pope had expressed the desire to
    personally return the icon, but his trip has never been
    approved by the Russian Orthodox Church. President Vladimir
    Putin met the pope last year but did not invite him to
    visit Russia.

    Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexiy II has accused the
    Catholic Church of poaching Orthodox believers since the
    fall of communism, although the split runs back to 1054
    when the Eastern and Western branches of Christianity split
    in the Great Schism.


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