Saints in the City

A man ringing bells at a church on Bolshaya Dmitrovka Ulitsa in central Moscow.

A man kissing a sheep goodbye before it is sacrificed for Kurban Bayram, a Muslim holiday commemorating Abraham?€™s willingness to sacrifice his son to God. Part of the meat from sacrificial animals goes to feed the poor.

A rabbi preparing for service at a synagogue near the still-unfinished Marina Roshcha metro station.

Muslims praying in a mosque on the Kurban Bayram holiday, which brings to an end the strict fast observed during the holy month of Ramadan.

Girls participating in a yearly recognition of Saints Kirill and Mifody, two 9th-century Greek missionaries who created the Cyrillic alphabet, at a service on Slavyanskaya Ploshchad.

A man leaving a church on Bolshaya Polyanka Ulitsa under an image of the Virgin Mary and Jesus.

Some of Russia?€™s heaviest religious figures sitting together at Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov?€™s inaguration in 2007. From left, Metropolitan Kliment, Rabbi Berl Lazar, Russia?€™s chief mufti Ravil Gainutdin and Rabbi Adolf Shayevich.

Men collecting money for the Muslim holiday of Kurban Bayram outside of the Moscow Cathedral Mosque.

A woman praying in front of an icon at the Christ the Savior Cathedral.

A view of Red Square is seen through the bells of Kazan Cathedral.

A man standing near a podium at a synagogue near the still-unfinished Marina Roshcha metro station.

A young boy glancing behind him as a crowd enters the Iverskaya Church near Red Square.

A priest?€™s assistant carrying robes at a church on Ulitsa Belinskogo.

Muslims gathered at the Moscow Cathedral Mosque behind Olimpiisky Sports Complex for the Kurban Bayram holiday.