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Sunday, August 23, 2009

Patriarch meets submariners, wishes them strong willpower

Akula class submarinePatriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia visited the Dmitri Donskoi nuclear submarine at Russia’s biggest shipyard Sevmash in Severodvinsk on Saturday.

The patriarch was met with military honours. He walked along the pier to the tune of a military march, past the lines of Navy officers, and stepped aboard the submarine. The submariners saluted him in unison.

Northern Fleet Commander, Vice Admiral Nikolai Maksimov and Sevmash chief designer Nikolai Kalistratov were also there to greet the patriarch.

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1 comment:

  1. Pete23/8/09 16:54

    What with the Kursk and Nerpa disasters Russia's submarine service needs all the blessings it can attract.

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