An orthodox priest consecrates water from the Chulym river during a ceremony marking adoption of Christianity, outside Nazarovo town, some 200 km (124 miles) west of the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, July 28, 2010. Russia officially celebrated a new holiday on Wednesday marking its conversion to Christianity in 988, the latest Kremlin boost to an Orthodox Church that has grown increasingly powerful since the fall of Communism. [Photo/Agencies] |
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