A Moscow priest who was shot down by a masked...

Relatives and more than 100 other people came to the funeral ceremony holding flowers and candles to pay their last respects to Father Daniil Sysoyev, who was shot down in his church on Thursday evening.

Some 30 police and other security officers were deployed to ensure safety as investigators are looking into religious hatred as the main theory behind the crime.

Sysoyev was known for his active missionary work in converting Muslims and people seeking to quit religious sects into Christianity. He had received numerous death threats.

The body was brought to the Kuntsevo cemetery following a service at the Peter and Paul Church in the southwest of Moscow, with people lining up outside the church to pay their last tribute.

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, attended the service and urged others to carry on Sysoyev"s missionary efforts.

Speaking by the coffin during the services, Kirill said: "Being unable to offer any wise

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