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    Kremlin Is Spending $43M to Renovate Imperial Mansion for Orthodox Patriarch, Media Reports

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    By Webmaster on June 27, 2019 Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories
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    Source: The Moscow Times

    Originally published on May 21, 2019

    The Bell

    The Kremlin’s property management department is financing luxury renovations for the residence of Russian Orthodox Church leader Patriarch Kirill near St. Petersburg, The Bell business outlet reported Tuesday.

    The former residence of Russia’s imperial family, which is being converted for use by the patriarch, occupies almost 2.5 hectares (6.1 acres) of land south of St. Petersburg and was designated as church property in 1994.

    The presidential property office awarded the renovation contract valued at 2.8 billion rubles ($43.4 million) to St. Petersburg-based design and construction company Geoizol in 2018, The Bell reported.

    Patriarch Kirill’s residence will occupy the equivalent of 14 typical three-bedroom homes, the outlet cited one of several sources in St. Petersburg’s construction industry as saying.

    Anton Kardashov / Moskva News Agency

    It will be equipped with smart home technology and will include a private church, library, pool hall and possibly an elevator, according to the report.

    Patriarch Kirill’s spokesman later confirmed that the property is being renovated for him and noted that the church “has no immediate connection” to the works.

    “It’s all being done by the presidential property management directorate and contractors,” the spokesman, Alexander Volkov, told the ura.ru news website.

    Renovations of the residence on the grounds of the Theodore Sovereign’s Cathedral in St. Petersburg’s suburb of Pushkin are expected to wrap up in December 2021, The Bell reported.

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    2 Comments

    1. Constantinos on June 28, 2019 5:17 pm

      Does the Moscow Patriarch have a humble bone in his body? He lives more lavishly than a king. What a remarkable contrast to the humble Savior who had no place to lay His precious head!

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    2. Nikolai on June 28, 2019 8:26 pm

      Well of course. He’s the leader of “The Third Rome,” don’t you know!

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