The Russian Academy Of Arts

The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church at the session on July 26, 2010 approved the new staff of the Patriarch’s Council for Culture chaired by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. It includes leading figures of Russian culture, among them is People’s Artist of the Russian Federation, Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts Vasily Nesterenko. The President of the Russian Academy of Arts, People’s Artist of the USSR and the Russian Federation Zurab Tsereteli; Rector of the Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, People’s Artist of the USSR, Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts Ilya Glazunov; The Chairman of the Artists’ Union of Russia, People’s Artist of the Russian Federation, Member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Arts Andrei Kovalchuk were elected Honorary Members of the Council.

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