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Russian Orthodox Church Abroad Leader In Moscow For Unification
May 15, 2007
Metropolitan Lavr with Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2004 (ITAR-TASS)
The Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, which is based in New York, split with the main branch of the Russian Orthodox Church after the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution.
A unification ceremony is scheduled for May 17 at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow.
(Interfax, AFP)