Vladimir Putin invests Orthodox Christmas service alone in Kremlin

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    epa10393318 Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a Christmas service at the Annunciation Cathedral in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, 06 January 2023. The Russian Orthodox church celebrates Christmas on 07 January according to the Julian calendar. EPA/MIKHAEL KLIMENTYEV / SPUTNIK / KREMLIN POOL

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    Vladimir Putin rejected investing an Orthodox Church Christmas service with other individuals and rather invested it alone.

    Inside the gilded Kremlin cathedral where tsars as soon as admitted their sins, the Russian president was the sole worshipper.

    Russia’s RIA news firm stated it was the very first time in 20 years Putin renowned Christmas in Moscow instead of on the area’s borders.

    State tv broadcast 2 clips of Putin in the Cathedral of the Annunciation as priests carried out the midnight service called the Divine Liturgy.

    An ugly Putin crossed himself numerous times and hoped in plain contrast to his joyful Christmas message.

    ‘This bright, beloved holiday inspires people to good deeds and aspirations, serves to affirm in society such enduring spiritual values and moral guidelines as mercy, compassion, goodness and justice,’ he stated.

    This was the very first time in years Putin did not observe the event exterior Moscow (Picture: EPA)

    epa10393321 Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) attends a Christmas service at the Annunciation Cathedral in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, 06 January 2023. The Russian Orthodox church celebrates Christmas on 07 January according to the Julian calendar. EPA/MIKHAEL KLIMENTYEV / SPUTNIK / KREMLIN POOL

    The president was the sole worshipper at the Annunciation Cathedral in the Kremlin (Picture EPA)

    epa10393319 Russian President Vladimir Putin (2-L) attends a Christmas service at the Annunciation Cathedral in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, 06 January 2023. The Russian Orthodox church celebrates Christmas on 07 January according to the Julian calendar. EPA/MIKHAEL KLIMENTYEV / SPUTNIK / KREMLIN POOL

    Putin had actually revealed an obvious cease-fire over the Orthodox Christmas duration (Credits: EPA)

    Every January 6 and 7, countless Orthodox Christians commemorate Christmas– some 2 weeks after their western equivalents have actually tucked into turkeys.

    Catholic and Orthodox Christians utilize various calendars to mark the birth of Jesus Christ, with nations such as Ukraine and Russia seeing the other day as Christmas Eve.

    In his Christmas message today, Putin applauded the Russia Orthodox Church, whose prominent head Patriarch Kirill has actually backed Putin’s war versus Ukraine.

    Church organisers are ‘supporting our soldiers taking part in a special military operation’.

    ‘Such great, multifaceted, truly ascetic work deserves the most sincere respect,’ he included.

    It comes as the Kremlin revealed a 36- hour cease-fire in Ukraine to mark the Eastern OrthodoxChristmas

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    In an obvious truce dismissed by Kyiv as posturing, the cease-fire lasted from twelve noon Friday to midnight Saturday.

    epa10374713 A handout photo made available by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (C) meeting with Ukrainian servicemen during his visit to Bakhmut, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, 20 December 2022, amid Russia's invasion. Zelensky visited the frontline city of Bakhmut where he presented state awards to Ukrainian military personnel, the Ukraine's Presidential office said in a statement. Russian troops entered Ukraine on 24 February 2022 starting a conflict that has provoked destruction and a humanitarian crisis. EPA/UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE HANDOUT -- MANDATORY CREDIT: UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE -- HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

    Zelensky brushed off Putin’s cease-fire (Picture: EPA)

    The Kremlin stated: ‘Given that a large number of citizens practising Orthodoxy resides in the areas of hostilities, we call on the Ukrainian side to announce a cease-fire and give them an opportunity to attend services on Christmas Eve and the day of Christ’ s birth.’

    Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky implicated Moscow of ‘using Christmas as a cover’ in his day-to-day video address on X.

    Addressing the Russian individuals, Putin stated Moscow ‘sent all of your people to be slaughtered’.

    ‘Everyone in the world knows how the Kremlin uses lulls in the war to continue the war with new force,’ he included.

    Russia has actually consistently declined numerous cease-fire pleas from Ukraine planned to enable humanitarian evacuations and recover help.

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