Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill arrives in Almaty
16:32, 17 January 2010
ALMATY. January 17. KAZINFORM /Yelena Ilyinskaya/ Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill has arrived in Almaty. The head of the Russian Orthodox Church came to Kazakhstan at the invitation of President Nursultan Nazarbayev.
The Patriarch will go to the State Academic Theatre of Opera and Bullet named after Abay, there is planned a meeting with the public. Then Patriarch Kirill is expected to make all-night vigil in the Saint Nicholas Cathedral.
The Saint Nicholas Cathedral has great significance for the believers. It is believed to be over 100. the cathedral was constructed upon the project of architect Sergey Troparevsky. The cathedral stood up during 10.0 magnitude quake. The similar fortune has the Svyato-Voznesensky Cathedral.