A Kazakhstan senator was shocked to discover his face painted onto a Cathedral fresco depicting men welcoming Jesus to Jerusalem. Sergey Kulagin was touring a new cathedral in Rudniy, in northwest Kazakhstan, near the Russian border, where until earlier this month he had been governor.
The centrepiece of the new cathedral’s interior was a large fresco on the dome depicting a group of robed and bearded men with Jesus.
But standing at the back of this crowd, clean shaven and jowly, was Mr Kulagin.
The fresco shows Mr Kulagin standing passively and wearing a pink robe with a blue sash. In front of him several men earnestly welcome Jesus, who is riding on a donkey. Behind Jesus are the 12 apostles.
The senator described the painting as “a sacrilege”.
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