A Patriarchal Приглашение

I attended recently the annual celebration (this time celebrating 15 years) of St. Tikhon's Orthodox University where various speeches were made, gifts were given and choirs sung. Patriarch Aleksey was present and spoke about the university and various other topics about which you can read here. You can see the official pictures here and view my very own below.







Fr. Vladimir Vorobyov the rector of St. Tikhon's (about whom you can read here) presents Patriarch Aleksey with some gifts.


A few "interesting" pictures:






I believe you will remember this Dostoevsky statue in front of the Lenin Library...

...well now Dostoevsky not only has Lenin to keep him company but wonderful American materialism in the form of a garmongous "Christmas tree" or "New Years tree" as it's called here.


And Lenin himself with his proletariat rushes to greet the New Year's tree...