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Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a keynote address on Nov. 28 at the Plenary Session of the World Russian Peoples’ Concilium, a faith-based organization led by the head of Russia's Orthodox Church and Putin’s close ally, Patriarch Kirill.

The highly choreographed event took place in the Kremlin and was attended by clergy members of other faiths - including Islam and Judaism - top government officials, military members and youth. The stage resembled an iconostasis (‘icon stand’ in Greek), a wooden and metal partition with doors that holds tiers of stylized gilded icons and separates the sanctuary from the nave in Russian Orthodox Churches. It symbolizes the boundary between God and Heaven (The Holy) and humans (The Worldly).

In place of icons that are considered sacred because they depict various saints, was a giant TV screen flanked by the identical images of "Savior the Miraculous" (Spas Nerukotvornyi, which literally means savior not created by hand). This ancient icon, Russian Christians believe, was not painted by an artist but appeared as a result of a miracle when Christ washed his face with water and wiped it with a kerchief. Christ gave the kerchief to a painter, Ananiy, who served as an archivist for Avgar. Avgar was cured of leprosy with the help of the kerchief that had Christ’s image on it.

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Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill looks at the screen with President Vladimir Putin on the screen during the 15th World Russian People's Congress at the State Kremlin Palace on Nov. 28, 2023, in Moscow. Putin spoke via video link to participants of the congress, hosted by the Russian Orthodox Church. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)

Below the screen was a large, stage-width signage ornate with golden crosses and church cupolas on the green background, with the title of the event "XXV World Russian Peoples’ Concilium."

When the giant TV monitor was turned on, a live........

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