Patriach (Alexei II of the Russian Orthodox Church) on TV.Moscow (ENI) -- Patriarch patriarch, in the Bible patriarch (pā`trēärk), in biblical tradition, one of the antediluvian progenitors of the race as given in Genesis (e.g., Seth) or one of the ancestors of the Jews (e.g. Alexei II, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church Russian Orthodox Church: see Orthodox Eastern Church. Russian Orthodox Church Eastern Orthodox church of Russia, its de facto national church. In 988 Prince Vladimir of Kiev (later St. has appeared in a television commercial promoting Russia's largest oil company, LUKoil. Officials at both the church and the oil company said it was a "natural" way to thank the company for its contribution to church restorations. The 25-second advertisement showed the patriarch outside a church surrounded by LUKoil officials. The patriarch said: "We are grateful to LUKoil for its support of many Russian Orthodox Church projects aimed at restoring and reviving re·vive v. re·vived, re·viv·ing, re·vives v.tr. 1. To bring back to life or consciousness; resuscitate. 2. To impart new health, vigor, or spirit to. 3. what was destroyed in the past." The TV commercial comes at a time when the Russian church Russian Church: see Orthodox Eastern Church. is hard pressed to pay expenses. |
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