The Patriarch of Moscow and the All Rus’ Kirill prayed at the mass for the health of Nikita Mikhalkov, the film director, head of the Union of Cinematographers. DEA News with reference to Vladimir Legoyda, head of the synodal department responsible for relations between church, society and the media.
“The patriarch prayed for the health of Nikita Sergeyevich Mikhalkov today during the mass. His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave Nikita Sergeevich to the hospital a holy prosphora, from which a particle about his health was removed, ”Stories of Legoid.
Legoyda added that she spoke with Mikhalkov on the phone.
Nikita Mikhalkov, former director and president of the Cinematographers Union accepted negative tests for coronavirus and flu.
On January 5, it was reported that Nikita Mikhalkov was hospitalized in severe condition due to COVID-19. After that, the director’s press service said that he was hospitalized with the flu, but they did not give details.