Father Vissarion, head of the self-proclaimed Orthodox Church of Abkhazia stands in the cathedral of the Novy Afon monastery north of the capital Sukhumi, in this August 16, 2008 file photo. Both economic and military self-sufficiency remain a long way off for Abkhazia, whose dependence on Russia is huge and growing, causing some of its 200,000 people to glance uneasily north to their giant former Soviet master. Picture taken August 16, 2008. To match feature GEORGIA-WAR/ABKHAZIA REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin/Files (GEORGIA RELIGION SOCIETY)