Monday, February 2, 2009

New Russian Orthodox Leader

The Russian Orthodox Church has a new leader, the first to take the helm of the world's largest Orthodox church following fall of the Soviet Union. Patriarch Kirill has been supportive of reconcile with the Roman Catholic Church. He was deputy to his predecessor, Patriarch Alexy II who died in December after almost two decades as the head of the Russian Orthodox Church. Only about 1-in-20 Russians are serious about the faith.

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