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Putin to attend Easter service at Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Saviour

The service will be headed by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia

MOSCOW, April 10. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend an Orthodox Easter service at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in downtown Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday.

"The president will traditinally be at the Easter service at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour," Peskov said.

The service will be headed by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.

Putin celebrated Easter outside Moscow only twice during his 15 years in power, in 2000 and 2003.