Russian Orthodox Church fires Archpriest for 'obstruction' of icon transfer

(Reuters) - 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 from a Moscow museum. | 10:50am

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