“Every new Orthodox church is a testimony of God’s miracle”translated

On October 25, 2026, on the 21st Sunday after Pentecost, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Church of the Archangel Michael - the Patriarchal Metochion in the village of Akulinino, Moscow region. At the end of the Liturgy, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church addressed the believers with the Primate’s word.

Your Eminences and Eminences! Dear fathers, brothers and sisters!

I cordially greet you all on Sunday and I sincerely rejoice that today I had the opportunity to celebrate the Divine Liturgy in this beautiful, newly built church.

We live in a special era when many things are opening up. In Soviet times, with the dominant atheistic ideology, rulers indicated the exact date when, in their opinion, the existence of religion would end and another era would begin. They believed in it and did everything to make it happen.

We know into what a difficult state our people have plunged, especially Orthodox believers. Many could not go to churches, especially if they occupied a more or less prominent position in society. It was also incredibly difficult for the children of believers, who were required to become pioneers and Komsomol members...