The procession by Ukrainian adherents of Russian Orthodoxy was prevented from entering Kiev on Tuesday after Ukraine’s interior minister said grenades had been planted along the route.
Relations between Russia and Ukraine, which share linguistic and cultural ties dating back hundreds of years, soured in 2014 after Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine and began supporting rebel separatists fighting government troops in eastern Ukraine.
Moscow Patriarchate’s spokesman Vladimir Legoyda told The Associated Press on Wednesday that at least 30,000 pilgrims had gathered for a prayer at St. Vladimir Hill in Kiev, which is believed to be the original baptism site. …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
