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MOSCOW, July 27 (RIA Novosti) - Patriarch...
in the Kiev Laura, one of the oldest monasteries in Ukraine and Russia, meet with Ukrainian church officials and believers, pay tribute to the victims of Soviet-era famine Holodomor, which the Ukrainian authorities say was genocide of the Ukrainian people, and give a live television interview.The patriarch is likely to receive a warm welcome in the Russian-speaking east, but nationalist groups in Ukraine"s west have protested against what they call the patriarch"s treatment of Ukraine as part of Russia.
Speaking to Ukrainian journalists ahead of the visit, Kirill said this would be a pastoral, rather than political, visit.
Billboards showing Patriarch Kirill have been placed along the road from the airport into the capital, and in the city. Other posters prepared for the visit feature Yushchenko and Patriarch Filaret, head of the Ukrainian church, which is not recognized by the Moscow Patriarchate.
Around 300 have gathered to demonstrate against
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