May 07, 2008
Medvedev: special relations with Orthodox Church will be maintained http://www.interfax.com/3/391236/news.aspx
MOSCOW. May 7 (Interfax) - Special relations between the state and the Russian Orthodox Church will be kept and further developed, President Dmitry Medvedev has said.
After conducting a prayer "For the Beginning of the Lofty Endeavor" in the Kremlin's Cathedral of the Annunciation, Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia conveyed good wishes to the newly sworn-in head of state. http://www.interfax.com/3/391236/news.aspx