VELIKI NOVGOROD, January 7. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin is
attending an overnight Orthodox Christmas service at the Spassky (St. Savior)
Cathedral of the St. George’s Monastery in Veliki Novgorod. The monastery was
founded by Prince Yaroslav the Wise back in 1030.
As a rule
Putin leaves Moscow for Christmas, while on Easter he stays in the capital for
a night-time service at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.
Last year
Putin went to a Christmas service in a rural Church near Voronezh. Before that
he twice attended Christmas services in Sochi and a year earlier he went to a
Christmas Service at a cathedral in St. Petersburg where he was baptized.
Source:
ITAR-TASS 07-01-2017
