Russian
President Vladimir Putin bows in front of an icon of Virgin Mary as he
visits the church of the Protaton, dedicated to the Dormition of the
Virgin, in Karyes, the administrative center of the all-male Orthodox
monastic community of Mount Athos, northern Greece, Saturday, May 28,
2016. Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived at the northern Greek
peninsula of Mount Athos, on a visit to the autonomous Orthodox
Christian monastic community. (Alexandros Avramidis/Pool Photo via AP)