Naina Yeltsin, the widow of Russia's first post-Soviet leader, Boris Yeltsin, right, kisses a cross held by new Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, Kirill, during the enthronement service in Moscow's Christ the Saviour Cathedral, Russia, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009. The new patriarch was enthroned to the Russian Orthodox Church Sunday, becoming the first leader of the world's largest Orthodox church to take office after the fall of the Soviet Union. AP Photo logo AP Photo 9 months ago

Naina Yeltsin, the widow of Russia's first post-Soviet leader, Boris Yeltsin, right, kisses a cross held by new Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, Kirill, during the enthronement service in Moscow's Christ the Saviour Cathedral, Russia, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009. The new patriarch was enthroned to the Russian Orthodox Church Sunday, becoming the first leader of the world's largest Orthodox church to take office after the fall of the Soviet Union.

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