Father Andrei Molchanov, the latest
Russian Orthodox priest to die from the novel
Coronavirus, was buried on Saturday by his heartbroken daughter who said she wished the
Moscow church where he served had closed earlier.
Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, called in late March for believers to pray at home.
"I believe above all else that we should have closed churches, along with restaurants and other places," Anastasia Molchanova, the late priest's daughter, told Reuters after his burial.