On Tuesday, the Russian Orthodox Church chose Metropolitan Kirill as its new pope. The Times of London reported just before the church was made:
The Russian Orthodox Church will choose [on January 27th] between three alleged former KGB agents as its next spiritual leader.
More than 700 priests, monks and lay representatives will decide who should become the new Patriarch in the first Church election since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The contest at Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow pits the favourite, Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, against two rivals who also rose through the heirarchy at a time when the Church was under strict Communist control.
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