BBC NEWS | Europe | Russian Church enthrones leaderThe Russian Orthodox Church has enthroned its new leader at a ceremony in the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow. Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad became the 16th leader of the Church, succeeding Patriarch Alexiy II, who died in December. He was appointed after a ballot of the Church Council in Moscow last week. Patriarch Kirill, who is regarded as a liberal, has said the Ort
BBC NEWS | In Pictures | In pictures: Kirill enthroned
