Russian Orthodox Church prays for the end of Covid-19

Patriarch Kirill, head of Russia's Orthodox Church, drives the holy icon of the Virgin Mary around the city streets in a procession of cars to pray for the end of the coronavirus outbreak in Moscow, Russia

Picture taken April 3, 2020. (Reuters/Patriarchal Press Service/Oleg Varov)

Patriarch Kirill, the head of Russia's influential Orthodox Church, drove a holy icon around the streets of Moscow in a procession of cars on Friday, as the country fights to halt the spread of the coronavirus.

The icon of the Virgin Mary was driven 109 kilometers in a procession of sleak black cars shown on state television and was brought to a cathedral in Moscow for a service.

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