Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, on Saturday, May 27, dismissed his expert on art and restoration for obstructing the transfer of a historic 15th-century Trinity icon to the Church from a Moscow museum. | reuters
Moscow-led Ukrainian Orthodox Church breaks ties with Russia
FILE PHOTO: A security guard stands next to the Trinity icon at the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius in the town of Sergiyev Posad, Russia, July 18, 2022. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo The Church, whose conservatism Putin has espoused as part of his vision for Russia’s national identity, is one of the most ardent institutional supporters of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Patriarch Kirill said last year that those who died fighting in Ukraine would be purged of their sins.READ:Andrei Rublyov’s Trinity, one of the holiest and most artistically important Russian icons, is thought to have been painted to honor Saint Sergius of Radonezh in Sergiyev Posad, near Moscow.
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