putin dedicates christian statue to prince vladimir november 03, 2016 putin dedicates christian statue to prince vladimir 




russian president vladimir putin recently took part in events dedicated to the day of national unity by dedicating an 85-foot statue to orthodox saint prince vladimir. 




after laying flowers at another monument, the president, together with russian orthodox church patriarch kirill , dedicated the impressive statue to prince vladimir, which was carried out under the direction of artist salavat shcherbakov. 




"the monument was erected on the initiative of the russian military-historical society and the government of moscow", media outlets reported. 




prince vladimir is credited with bringing christianity to russia in 988 ad. 




in the evening during the reception in honor of the day of national unity, putin presented state awards - the order of friendship and the medal of pushkin. the president's award was dedicated to putin for his contribution to strengthening the unity of the russian nation. 




putin continues to build bridges between traditional russian orthodox christianity and russian government, in a significant turn from soviet-era style crackdowns on any appearance of faith in the public arena. 




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the monument to prince vladimir began movement from moscow in mid-october. the opening of the monument was supposed to coincide with the millennium of the death of prince vladimir on nov. 4, 2015. initially, the 24-meter sculpture was supposed to appear on the sparrow hills, but following discussions smaller monument decided to place on borovitskaya area. article by doc burkhart , vice-president, general manager and co-host of trunews with rick wiles got a news tip? email us at help support the ministry of trunews with your one-time or monthly gift of financial support. donate now ! download the trunews mobile app! click here! donate today! support trunews to help build a global news network that provides a credible source for world news 




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putin dedicates christian statue to prince vladimir
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