Cats procession with cross held in the Optina Pustyn

Natalya Mihailova | 01 April 2016
Kaluga, March 31, Interfax - Cats have become traditional participants in the procession with cross held in a hermitage of the Optina Pustyn Monastery in the Kaluga Region.

A small procession with cross is held every day in the Predtechensky Hermitage, website of the monastery reports and posts a corresponding video on its website.

“Cats living in the territory of the monastery feels the importance of the event and consider it their duty to participate in the march,” the message reads.

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