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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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