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Officials of DPRK Religious Bodies Visit Russian Embassy
Pyongyang, December 8 (KCNA) -- Officials of religious organizations in the DPRK visited the Russian embassy here on Dec. 8 to express condolences over the death of Patriarch Alexy II of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Among the visitors were Jang Jae On, chairman of the Korean Council of Religionists, and Ho Il Jin, chairman of the Korean Orthodox Church Committee, and other officials of the committee.

The visitors observed a moment's silence in memory of the late Alexy II.

They made entries in the condoler's book.

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