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Puppies and Patriarchs: Russian Orthodoxy's Kirill Lights Up London

Oct 19, 2016 - 03:00 pm

A view of the Dormition Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church's Diocese of Sourozh, in London, Britain. Russian Orthodox Church Patriarchate Press Office

Patriarch Kirill walks in central London. Russian Orthodox Church Patriarchate Press Office

Patriarch Kirill (C) consecrates the bells of the Dormition Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church's Diocese of Sourozh. Russian Orthodox Church Patriarchate Press Office / TASS

Patriarch Kirill (C) conducts a ceremony to bless a new gravestone at the gravesite of Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh (secular name Andrei Bloom) at the Brompton cemetery. Russian Orthodox Church Patriarchate Press Office / TASS

Patriarch Kirill (R) and a Welsh Corgi puppy, a gift on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II, at a reception marking 300 years of the presence of the Russian Orthodox Church in Britain, at the offices of the Royal Geographical Society. Russian Orthodox Church Patriarchate Press Office

Patriarch Kirill (C) during an all-night vigil at the Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God and All Saints in Kensington, west London. Russian Orthodox Church Patriarchate Press Office / TASS

Patriarch Kirill (C) during a divine liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church's Diocese of Sourozh. Russian Orthodox Church Patriarchate Press Office / TASS

Patriarch Kirill's trip marks 300 years of the presence of the Russian Orthodox Church in Britain.

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