The head of the Russian Church Abroad, Hilarion, Metropolitan of Eastern America and New York, left, presents a copy of the Kursk Root Icon of Our Lady of the Sign to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
The icon was presented during their meeting in the giant Christ the Savior cathedral, Moscow, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009, with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill in the background. The original of the reputedly miracle-working icon is on a three-weeks tour in Russia. It was brought out of Russia in 1920. At the present time it is kept in the Synodal Cathedral of Our Lady of the Sign of the Russian Church Abroad in New York City.
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Posted on Tue Oct 13 2009
Beijing, October 13, Interfax - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has visited the Assumption church, which is located on the premises of the Russian embassy in Beijing.This year the church was rebuilt in the image of a cathedral that appeared on the premises of the Russian Spiritual Mission in 1902.
On Tuesday the church was consecrated by Bishop of Yegoryevsk Mark, who is also head of the Moscow Patriarchate's Secretariat for Foreign Institutions.
During his visit Putin presented the Orthodox church with a Protection of the Virgin Mary icon.
"This icon is more than a hundred years old, and we would like to leave it here, in this church," the Russian Prime Minister said.
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