Visit to St Alexander Nevsky Lavra

Accompanied by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia Kirill Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, the President toured the Annunciation of the Holy Mother of God Church and the Faithful Saint Prince Alexander Nevsky Church.

In addition, Patriarch Kirill presented Vladimir Putin with the Order of Alexander Nevsky, I degree, a church-wide decoration of the Russian Orthodox Church, one of its highest orders.