Altar boy Artyom Zakharchuk kisses the cross during the ceremony of the enthronement of a new Archbishop of Prague.

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Altar boy Artyom Zakharchuk (R) kisses the cross, which holds elected Archbishop Joachim (Jachym) of Prague, born as Roman Hrdy, during the ceremony of the enthronement of a new Archbishop of Prague, the religious leader of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands, in Saints Cyril and Methodius Cathedral in Prague, Czech Republic, on February 1, 2014. Bishop Joachim of Hodonin was appointed by the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia to serve as a new Archbishop of Prague on January 11, 2014.

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