Russian Orthodox Church 'favours burying Lenin'

A top Russian Orthodox official today said the country’s dominant church believed the body of Bolshevik Revolution leader Vladimir Lenin should be removed from display in a Red Square mausoleum and buried.

“Lenin should be buried, because the idea of mummification is outside any cultural and religious context in Russia,” Interfax quoted Metropolitan Kirill, who heads the Russian Orthodox Church’s external relations department, as saying.