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In a telephone conversation with the newly-elected Patriarch, Mr Medvedev said he hoped for continued development of the dialogue between church and state, reinforcement of spiritual and moral values, and efforts to strengthen inter-faith harmony in Russian society.
On January 27, the Russian Orthodox Church Local Council elected Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad the sixteenth Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.
January 28, 2009