Moscow said goodbye today to the poet and artist Dmitry Aleksandrovich Prigov
“With the blessing of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Alexy II, an exception will be made for the poet: for the first time in the last 80 years, the body will be interred, and not cremated,” said Prigov’s close friend, publisher Dmitry ... “With the blessing of Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Rus', an exception will be made for the poet: for the first time in the last 80 years, the body will be interred and not cremated,” said Prigov’s close friend, publisher Dmitry Itskovich.