Cuba's President Raul Castro, right, receives a decoration on behalf of his brother and former President Fidel Castro from Metropolitan Kirill, left, the top foreign relations official in the Russian church, during an event part of the opening ceremony of the Cuba's first Russian Orthodox cathedral in Havana, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2008. (AP Photo by Ismael Francisco)
Metropolitan Kirill, Russia's Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations, left, decorates Cuba's President Raul Castro, at the Revolution Palace in Havana, Cuba, Sunday Oct. 19, 2008. Kirill attended the official inauguration of Cuba's first Russian Orthodox cathedral in Havana.(AP Photo by Jose Goitia)
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Cuba's President Raul Castro (2nd R), Caridad Diego (R), head of religious affairs department for Cuba's Communist Party, Esteban Lazo (3rd R), top Communist Party Leader, and Ricardo Alarcon, president of the National Assembly, attend a the inauguration of a newly built Russian Orthodox cathedral in Havana October 18, 2008. (Reuters)
A vintage car drives near a Russian Orthodox church in Old Havana Octuber 15, 2008. The work is nearing completion on a new Russian Orthodox church that is set to open on Sunday in Old Havana in the latest sign of improving relations between old Cold War allies Cuba and Russia. (Reuters)
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