From right: artistic director of the U Nikitskikh Vorot Theater, playwright and director Mark Rozovsky and actress Olga Lebedeva at a meeting of the U Nikitskikh Vorot theater company ahead of the 36th theater season in Moscow.14.08.2018#5609831
July 28, 2018. President Vladimir Putin, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill, right, background, and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa Theodore II, left, during the procession to mark the 1030th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus from the Moscow Kremlin Cathedral Square to the monument of St. Prince Vladimir on Borovitsky Hill on the Day of St. Vladimir Equal-to-the-Apostles.28.07.2018#5600186
From left, center: Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa Theodore II during the open-air Divine Liturgy on Moscow Kremlin's Cathedral Square to mark the 1030th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus and the Day of St. Vladimir Equal-to-the-Apostles.28.07.2018#5600004
Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria and All Africa attends divine liturgy on the Moscow Kremlin's Cathedral Square on the 1030th anniversary of Baptism of Rus and the Day of Remembering Grand Prince St. Vladimir Equal to the Apostles.28.07.2018#5599972
Believers before the royal religious procession marking the 100th anniversary of the royal family's execution, outside the Cathedral on Blood for All Saints Resplendent in the Russian Land in Yekaterinburg.17.07.2018#5594099
Sisters of charity from the Alapayevsk Saint Elizabeth Monastery and Orthodox Service of Mercy during a litany for the departed held near the Alapayevsk mine as part of the commemorative events marking the 100th anniversary of the murder of the Russian royal family.15.07.2018#5591133
A clergyman during the ceremony to consecrate the Church of Feodorovskaya Icon of Our Lady as part of commemorative events to mark 100th anniversary of the murder of the Russian royal family.15.07.2018#5591055
A clergyman during the ceremony to consecrate the Church of Feodorovskaya Icon of Our Lady as part of commemorative events to mark 100th anniversary of the murder of the Russian royal family.15.07.2018#5591051
From left: Metropolitan Yuvenaly of Krutitsa and Kolomensk and Metropolitan Onufry of Kiev and All Ukraine at the Alapayevskaya mine shaft, where the royal family members and relatives were thrown down.15.07.2018#5590882
Portrait of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia during the Divine Liturgy on the Cathedral Square of the city of Cherepovets as part of the First Hierarchical Visit to the Metropolitan of Vologda.16.06.2018#5534790
Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery on the shore of Lake Siverskoye in the Vologda Region.15.06.2018#5534605
Participants of the Russian hospitality festival Samovarfest on Moscow's Poklonnaya Gora.11.06.2018#5527779
A patriarchal divine service held before the ceremony of passing ten ancient icons, stolen from a monastery in the Niznhy Novgorod Region, to Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.03.06.2018#5518680
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, right, during a patriarchal divine service held before the ceremony of passing ten ancient icons stolen from a monastery in the Niznhy Novgorod Region.03.06.2018#5518640
Employees of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs during a patriarchal divine service held before the ceremony of passing ten ancient icons, stolen from a monastery in the Niznhy Novgorod Region, to Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.03.06.2018#5518636
The ceremony of passing ten ancient icons, stolen from a monastery in the Niznhy Novgorod Region, to Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia after a patriarchal divine service.03.06.2018#5518611
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia conducts a divine liturgy on the Day of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Equals to the Apostles, at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow.24.05.2018#5509840
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, right, during the wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier ahead of the Victory Day.08.05.2018#5492914
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia during the wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier ahead of the Victory Day.08.05.2018#5492879
Sergei Zhenovach, the new artistic director of the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater, is presented to the theater's company.23.04.2018#5482232
Head of the Russian Orthodox Old Believers Church, metropolitan Kornily at a reception to mark Orthodox Easter, at the Reception House of the Russian Foreign Ministry.17.04.2018#5477467
Background, from left: Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov address a reception held to mark Orthodox Easter at the Russian Foreign Ministry's Reception House.17.04.2018#5477428
Believers attend a divine liturgy on Holy Thursday at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, Moscow.05.04.2018#5469519
Polishing of the main mirror of the 4 meter telescope at the Lytkarinsky Lytkarino Optical Glass Plant, a unit of part of the Schwabe holding company.29.03.2018#5466263
The building of the Primorye government building in Vladivostok is seen here after the lights were turned off as part of the Earth Hour event.24.03.2018#5462751
Head coach of the Russian ice-hockey team Oleg Znarok and Russian ice-hockey team players Nikita Nesterov, Bogdan Kiselevich and Ilya Kovalchuk, right to left, during the gratitude service held by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia for Russian Olympic athletes at the Transfiguration Church of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.28.02.2018#3311816
Priests at the Moscow Kremlin's Dormition Cathedral during a send-off prayer service for the Russian Olympic team.04.02.2018#3287165
Vladimir Kekhman, Artistic Director of the Mikhailovsky Theater, at the Moscow Kremlin's Dormition Cathedral during a send-off prayer service for the Russian Olympic team.04.02.2018#3287104
Zelfira Tregulova, director of the Tretyakov Gallery, at the opening of the exhibition Karl Bryullov: Portraits from a Private Collection in St. Petersburg unveiled at the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.23.01.2018#3280170
U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Huntsman, second left, with his wife, Mary Kaye, right, during a visit to the New Jerusalem Monastery outside Moscow. Second right: Archimandrite Theophylact, the superior of the monastery.21.01.2018#3278619
U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Huntsman, center, prepares to take a dip in the icy water at the New Jerusalem Monastery outside Moscow.21.01.2018#3278606
U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Huntsman bathing at the font basin of the New Jerusalem Monastery outside Moscow.21.01.2018#3278584
Parishioners during the Divine Liturgy on Christmas Eve at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow.07.01.2018#3270421