Patriarch Kirill

Belarus president does not show up but congratulates Belarusian Orthodox Christians on the 1025th anniversary of the Christianization of Kievan Rus'.

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia arrived in Minsk on July 28 by train which also brought the cross of St Andrew the Apostle to Belarus.

Moscow Patriarch will take part in the events dated for the 1025th anniversary of the Christianization of Kievan Rus.