(Reuters) -
President Vladimir Putin said on Friday the Orthodox Church should be
given more say over family life, education and the armed forces in Russia, as he celebrated the leadership of its head Patriarch Kirill.
Faith runs deep in Russia
after the fall of the officially atheist Soviet Union and Putin has
looked to the largest religion in Russia for support since he began his
third term as president after a wave of protests against his rule.
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