Russian Patriarch Kirill slipped and fell during a service in the Novorrossiysk church due to the floor wet with holy water.
Ukrainska Pravda reports this by publishing the video of the incident, which occurred during the chant "Lord, have mercy", which was removed from YouTube and the website of the Orthodox TV channel Soyuz.
"The fact that I fell means nothing," commented the patriarch, noting that "the laws of physics work" when water falls on a "shiny and smooth" floor and that the fall had no consequences. the head of the Orthodox Church had praised the young Russians who join the army to go to fight in Ukraine.