A fragile historic painting was moved from a museum to a church. What does it say about the war?
The Holy Trinity painting is now on display at a cathedral in Moscow, despite its age and fragile stateIn Moscow, the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour echoes to Orthodox chants and prayers. It's packed with worshippers on one of the great feasts of Orthodoxy: Pentecost.
But the Kremlin recently ordered that the icon be transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church. The head of the Church, Patriarch Kirill, is delighted. "While the icon was in the museum, with a team of restorers, it was like a person in intensive care. It was being monitored round the clock and by the most modern equipment.
What's more, the Russian Patriarch has suggested that President Putin's reign over Russia had been mandated by God. "He's a religious man. But it's not about Christianity as such, with real Christian values, because cruelty - this is not Christian values. In that sense Putin is a follower of a very specific kind of religion."
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