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Between June 6 and 25, 2007, Bishop Alexander went on pilgrimmage to Russia. Bishop Alexander visited Moscow, St. Petersburg and the ancient city of Novgorod. In Moscow His Grace was guest of Bishop Niphon, the representative of the Patriarchate of Antioch in Moscow. On June 10, along with over 75 metropolitans and bishopsfrom the Russian Church, Bishop Niphon and Bishop Alexander served the Divine Liturgy with His Holiness Alexei II, Patriach of Russia, at Christ the Savior Cathedral.
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Pictures
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St. Basil's Cathedral
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The Danilov Monastery
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Cathedral Square at the Kremlin
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Patriarch Alexei presiding over the Liturgy
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With Patriarch Alexei II and Bishop Niphon
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At the Holy Trinity Lavra in Sergiev Posad
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With seminarians (also guides) at the Lavra
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At the Novodevichy Convent
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Main church at the Spaso-Andronikov Monastery said to be designed by St. Andrey Rublov
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Partial view of the restored iconostasis of the Church of Archangel Gabriel at the metochion
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The famous Manshikov tower at the metochion of the Patriarchate of Antioch
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Churches of the Ancient city of Novgorod
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Iconostasis of St. Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod
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Church of St. George outside Novgorod
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Dome of St. Isaac's Cathedral towering over St. Petersburg
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Inside St. Isaac's
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Tomb of Tsar Nicholas II and his family
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Pictures of Bp. ALEXANDER's pilgrimage to Russia
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