Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, on Saturday dismissed his expert on art and restoration for obstructing the transfer of a historic 15th-century Trinity icon to the Church ...

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Russian Orthodox Church Fires Archpriest For 'Obstruction' Of Trinity Icon Transfer Believers pray in front of Andrei Rublev's 15th-century Trinity icon.