MOSCOW — A physics student at Moscow State University, Dmitri Pelipenko turned away from science in 2018 to devote himself to God, enrolling as a novice monk at Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra, the spiritual center of the Russian Orthodox Church.
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A bird flies over the cross of a 17th century church in Moscow outskirts on the eve of the Orthodox Easter in Moscow on April 18, 2020.
