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Andrei, the 49-year-old veteran of the Russian military campaign in Ukraine, kisses an icon in the Assumption Cathedral of the Pskovo-Pechersky monast...

Andrei, the 49-year-old veteran of the Russian military campaign in Ukraine, prays to an icon in the Assumption Cathedral of the Pskovo-Pechersky mona...

Andrei, the 49-year-old veteran of the Russian military campaign in Ukraine, prays to an icon in the Assumption Cathedral of the Pskovo-Pechersky mona...

People visit the Pskovo-Pechersky monastery in the town of Pechory, some 50 kilometres outside Pskov, on April 19, 2026. (Photo by Olga MALTSEVA / AFP...

Russian Orthodox priests attend a service at the Pskovo-Pechersky monastery in the town of Pechory, some 50 kilometres outside Pskov, on April 19, 202...

Andrei, the 49-year-old veteran of the Russian military campaign in Ukraine, visits the Pskovo-Pechersky monastery in the town of Pechory, some 50 kil...

Father Dmitry, 45, who is on a pilgrimage to Pechory, talks to AFP reporters on the grounds of the Pskovo-Pechersky monastery in the town of Pechory,...

A Russian Orthodox believer prays during a service at the Pskovo-Pechersky monastery in the town of Pechory, some 50 kilometres outside Pskov, on Apri...

A woman visits the Pskovo-Pechersky monastery in the town of Pechory, some 50 kilometres outside Pskov, on April 19, 2026. (Photo by Olga MALTSEVA / A...

Russian servicemen visit the Pskovo-Pechersky monastery in the town of Pechory, some 50 kilometres outside Pskov, on April 19, 2026. (Photo by Olga MA...

A general view of the Pskovo-Pechersky monastery in the town of Pechory, some 50 kilometres outside Pskov, on April 19, 2026. (Photo by Olga MALTSEVA...

Russian servicemen visit the Pskovo-Pechersky monastery in the town of Pechory, some 50 kilometres outside Pskov, on April 19, 2026. (Photo by Olga MA...

A Russian serviceman visits the Pskovo-Pechersky monastery in the town of Pechory, some 50 kilometres outside Pskov, on April 19, 2026. (Photo by Olga...

People visit the Pskovo-Pechersky monastery in the town of Pechory, some 50 kilometres outside Pskov, on April 19, 2026. (Photo by Olga MALTSEVA / AFP...

People visit the Pskovo-Pechersky monastery in the town of Pechory, some 50 kilometres outside Pskov, on April 19, 2026. (Photo by Olga MALTSEVA / AFP...

People visit the Pskovo-Pechersky monastery in the town of Pechory, some 50 kilometres outside Pskov, on April 19, 2026. (Photo by Olga MALTSEVA / AFP...

People visit the Pskovo-Pechersky monastery in the town of Pechory, some 50 kilometres outside Pskov, on April 19, 2026. (Photo by Olga MALTSEVA / AFP...

Russian servicemen visit the Pskovo-Pechersky monastery in the town of Pechory, some 50 kilometres outside Pskov, on April 19, 2026. (Photo by Olga MA...

A Russian Orthodox believer prays during a service at the Pskovo-Pechersky monastery in the town of Pechory, some 50 kilometres outside Pskov, on Apri...

A Russian Orthodox believer prays during a service at the Pskovo-Pechersky monastery in the town of Pechory, some 50 kilometres outside Pskov, on Apri...