Russian President Vladimir Putin attended the Easter service in the "Christ the Savior" church, where it traditionally celebrates the main Orthodox holiday, reported RIA Novosti.
Together with the head of state in the church "Christ the Savior" the mayor of the capital Sergey Sobyanin was also present.
In the church in the center of Moscow, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated Easter Matins and Divine Liturgy.
The president and head of the Russian Church exchanged Easter gifts.
Putin always attends services during major church holidays. Usually on Christmas he goes to churches outside the Moscow region, on Easter - to the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. Only twice did the head of state celebrate this holiday outside of Moscow - in 2000 at St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg and in 2003 at the "Saint Nicholas" in Dushanbe, where he was visiting. In 2020, the president skipped the Easter service due to the coronavirus pandemic, but lit a candle in the chapel at his residence in Novo-Ogarevo near Moscow.