“We, people of faith, are on the right side of history”translated

On October 18, 2026, on the 20th Sunday after Pentecost, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow. The IV International Congress of Regents and Singers ended with a Patriarchal service. At the end of the Liturgy, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church addressed the believers with the Primate’s word.

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

You feel especially inspired when you see in front of you a huge number of regents, church choristers - those people who continue the great Russian tradition of church singing.

If someone had seen such a picture thirty years or more ago, they would have perceived it as some kind of vision. Who would then have believed that the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, which at that time did not even exist, would be filled with a huge number of not just believers, but our church assets: many regents, choristers, people who dedicated their lives to serving the Lord?

This suggests that the power of God is stronger than the power of the devil. When the devilish, satanic forces took power in our country and raised the question of complete destruction...