Ukrainian clergy and believers taking part in a religious procession after a morning service at the Kiev Pechresk Lavra monastery with Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill in Kiev, yesterday. Patriarch Kirill started a 10-day official visit to Ukraine on Monday. Ukraine's Orthodox Christians are split between parishes loyal to his Moscow Patriarchate and an autonomous Ukrainian Church.

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