Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II dies in Moscow
Georgian Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II (C) mourns at a casket with late Patriarch Alexy II in the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow on December 8, 2008. Patriarch Alexy II who led the Russian Orthodox church since 1990 during a post-Soviet revival of faith, died at the age of 79 on Friday. (UPI Photo/Anatoli Zhdanov)
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MOSCOW, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev plans a brief working visit to the Vatican next Thursday for talks with Pope Benedict XVI, a spokesman said.
MOSCOW, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- The Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church settled Sunday on three finalists to possibly succeed Patriarch Alexy II, who died last year.
MOSCOW, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Solemn requiem services were held for Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II in churches across the nation Saturday, the ninth day after his death.
MOSCOW, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Top Kremlin officials and thousands of others attended the funeral Tuesday for Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Alexy II.
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MOSCOW, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Patriarch Alexy II, who led a revival of the Russian Orthodox church after the fall of Communism, died Friday in Moscow, the church announced. He was 79.
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MOCOW, Russia, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- A possible meeting between the heads of the Roman Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches is being discussed, a Catholic cardinal said in Moscow.
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