Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, center, during a liturgy in the Resurrection Cathedral in Novocherkassk on the Day of Protection of the Mother of God, which is considered the day of Russian Cossacks.

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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, center, during a liturgy in the Resurrection Cathedral in Novocherkassk on the Day of Protection of the Mother of God, which is considered the day of Russian Cossacks.

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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, left, during a liturgy in the Resurrection Cathedral in Novocherkassk on the Day of Protection of the Mother of God, which is considered the day of Russian Cossacks.

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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, foreground, during a liturgy in the Resurrection Cathedral in Novocherkassk on the Day of Protection of the Mother of God, which is considered the day of Russian Cossacks.

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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, center, arriving at the Resurrection Cathedral in Novocherkassk on the Day of Protection of the Mother of God, which is considered the day of Russian Cossacks.

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Formation of the Cossacks of the Don Cossack Host on the square at St Ascension Church, Novocherkassk where the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill served a liturgy on the day of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin, a traditional holiday of the Russian Cossakdom.

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Representatives of the Kalmyk Cossack District of the All-Mighty Don Host at the Ascension Church, Novocherkassk where Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill conducted a divine service on the Virgin of Mercy, the day traditionally considered to be the holiday for Russian Cossacks.

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Representatives of the Kalmyk Cossack District of the All-Mighty Don Host at the Ascension Church, Novocherkassk where Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill conducted a divine service on the Virgin of Mercy, the day traditionally considered to be the holiday for Russian Cossacks.

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Representatives of the All-Mighty Don Host at the Ascension Church, Novocherkassk, where Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill conducted a divine service on the Virgin of Mercy, the day traditionally considered to be the holiday for Russian Cossacks.

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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia during a liturgy in the Resurrection Cathedral in Novocherkassk on the Day of Protection of the Mother of God, which is considered the day of Russian Cossacks.

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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, center, during a liturgy in the Resurrection Cathedral in Novocherkassk on the Day of Protection of the Mother of God, which is considered the day of Russian Cossacks.

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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia during a liturgy in the Resurrection Cathedral in Novocherkassk on the Day of Protection of the Mother of God, which is considered the day of Russian Cossacks.

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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia during a liturgy in the Resurrection Cathedral in Novocherkassk on the Day of Protection of the Mother of God, which is considered the day of Russian Cossacks.

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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, second left, consecrating the Presidential Cadet Corps banner to be presented to the best cadet corps in 2010.

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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, center, during a liturgy in the Resurrection Cathedral in Novocherkassk on the Day of Protection of the Mother of God, which is considered the day of Russian Cossacks.

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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, center, during a liturgy in the Resurrection Cathedral in Novocherkassk on the Day of Protection of the Mother of God, which is considered the day of Russian Cossacks.

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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, left, holding Matins on the eve of the Day of Protection of the Mother of God in the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Theotokos in Rostov-on-Don. Archbishop Pantaleon of Rostov and Novocherkassk, right, foreground.

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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia holding Matins on the eve of the Day of Protection of the Mother of God in the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Theotokos in Rostov-on-Don.

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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia holding Matins on the eve of the Day of Protection of the Mother of God in the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Theotokos in Rostov-on-Don.

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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia holding Matins on the eve of the Day of Protection of the Mother of God in the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Theotokos in Rostov-on-Don.

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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, center, in the Rostov-on-Don airport. Governor of the Rostov Region Vladimir Chub, right, and Deputy Head of the Russian Presidential Executive Office Alexander Beglov, left.

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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, center, in the Rostov-on-Don airport. Governor of the Rostov Region Vladimir Chub, on the Patriarch's right, and Deputy Head of the Russian Presidential Executive Office Alexander Beglov, on the Patriarch's left.

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Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill arrives in Rostov-on-Don. On the left is Rostov Region governor Vladimir Chub, on the right - Vladimir Ustinov, presidential envoy to the Southern Federal District.

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