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Consecrating Crimean territory from an Emergencies Ministry helicopter

A view of Simferopol's TV Tower from a helicopter.

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Consecrating Crimean territory from an Emergencies Ministry helicopter

Bird's eye view of the Gagarin Park in Simferopol.

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Consecrating Crimean territory from an Emergencies Ministry helicopter

Father Vasily, a priest of the Simferopol and Crimean dioceses of the Moscow Patriarchate, holds the Icon of the Mother of God -- Burning Bush, believed to prevent fires and natural calamities, while flying over Crimean territory in a Mil Mi-8 Hip helicopter of the Russian Ministry for Civil Defense, Emergency Situations and Disaster Relief.

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Consecrating Crimean territory from an Emergencies Ministry helicopter

Father Vasily, a priest of the Simferopol and Crimean dioceses of the Moscow Patriarchate, consecrates Crimean territory from a Mil Mi-8 Hip helicopter of the Russian Ministry for Civil Defense, Emergency Situations and Disaster Relief.

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Consecrating Crimean territory from an Emergencies Ministry helicopter

Father Vasily, a priest of the Simferopol and Crimean dioceses of the Moscow Patriarchate, left, blesses Alexei Didenko, commander of a Mil Mi-8 Hip helicopter of the Russian Ministry for Civil Defense, Emergency Situations and Disaster Relief, second right, in Simferopol.

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Consecrating Crimean territory from an Emergencies Ministry helicopter

Father Vasily, a priest of the Simferopol and Crimean dioceses of the Moscow Patriarchate, before taking off in a Mil Mi-8 Hip helicopter of the Russian Ministry for Civil Defense, Emergency Situations and Disaster Relief from Simferopol.

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Consecrating Crimean territory from an Emergencies Ministry helicopter

Father Vasily, a priest of the Simferopol and Crimean dioceses of the Moscow Patriarchate, consecrates a Mil Mi-8 Hip helicopter of the Russian Ministry for Civil Defense, Emergency Situations and Disaster Relief in Simferopol.

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Consecrating Crimean territory from an Emergencies Ministry helicopter

Father Vasily, a priest of the Simferopol and Crimean dioceses of the Moscow Patriarchate, consecrates Crimean territory from a Mil Mi-8 Hip helicopter of the Russian Ministry for Civil Defense, Emergency Situations and Disaster Relief.

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