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Article: Russian, Ukrainian Orthodox believers mark Easter holiday
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- May 1, 2005
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MIKE ECKEL, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
05-01-2005
Dateline: MOSCOW
Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II wished health and happiness to millions of Orthodox Christians as believers on Sunday marked Easter, the holiest day in the Orthodox calendar.
"Let the joy of the Easter holiday touch every heart. Let this joy give you strength and courage to withstand all hardships and troubles," the patriarch said in his address, parts of which were broadcast on Russian television.
At the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, a massive church near the Kremlin that was destroyed by Stalin and rebuilt with a golden dome, thousands of believers gathered for midnight mass, including President Vladimir ...