Putin Transfers Historic Icon to Orthodox Church After Requests and Controversy

Russian President Vladimir Putin has given possession of the country's most valuable religious icon, Andrei Rublev's "Trinity," to the Russian Orthodox Church after "numerous requests." The 15th-century icon depicts the three angels that visited Abraham in the Book of Genesis seated at a table and in conversation. The venerated icon will be displayed at Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow before being moved to its long-term home at the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius in Sergiyev Posad.