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(18 Apr 2009)
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Wide of Christ the Saviour Cathedral
2. Interior cathedral, wide shot procession of priests coming down aisle, congregation
3. Tilt down as priests assemble by altar
4. Russian Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia swinging censer and repeating (Russian) "Jesus Christ has risen today!" and priests respond
5. Wide shot Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, his wife, and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as they bow
6. Members of congregation holding candles, they cross themselves
7. Three candles held aloft
8. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia:
"Christ has risen, and angels have rejoiced, Christ has risen, and life has returned, Christ has risen, and there are no dead in the coffin, for Christ has risen from the dead, the first among those who have died. Glory to Him and Power to Him, for ever and ever. Amen."
9. Mid shot the Medvedevs and Putin making sign of the cross
10. Wide shot service
11. Various of Patriarch Kirill greeting Medvedev and they kiss each other
12. Wide icons
13. Wide Putin presenting Patriarch with a bouquet of flowers
14. Wide service, tilt-up interior of Cathedral
STORYLINE:
Thousands of Russian Orthodox believers filled Moscow's largest Orthodox church, Christ the Saviour Cathedral, on Saturday night, where the Easter service was conducted for the first time by the new Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
The service, which started an hour before midnight, was attended by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his wife Svetlana, and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, as well as many other government officials and members of the Russian Parliament (Duma).
An hour and a half earlier, the flame from Jerusalem's Holy Fire had arrived at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport and was brought to the cathedral, where the Patriarch was the first to light his candle from it.
Priests then lit candles and passed them on to members of the congregation.
The Patriarch greeted Medvedev and his wife, and Prime Minister Putin, and, following Russian tradition, they exchanged Easter presents - Easter eggs and icons.

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