Donny MacLeod reaches Zagorsk, the heart of the Russian Orthodox Church. It lies 100 miles from Moscow, a fortified cathedral with golden domes which symbolise an older Russia, at odds with the atheistic state. MacLeod joins the thousands of pilgrims, young and old, who've travelled from all over the USSR to attend Communion in the magnificent cathedral. He talks to trainee priests about the conflict between State and Church; and meets an icon painter who works within the cathedral grounds and, ironically, has won a Lenin prize for keeping alive this most ancient of Russian art forms.
Produced and directed by PETER HERCOMBE