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All-Moscow religious procession 09/06/2026translated

September 6, 2026 · 1 min read

On September 6, 2026, on the 14th Sunday after Pentecost, the feast of the Council of Moscow Saints, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow. At the end of the Liturgy, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church led the All-Moscow religious procession with prayer singing to the Most Holy Theotokos and the Moscow saints. During the procession, believers carried the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God, an ark with a particle of the relics of the blessed Prince Dimitry Donskoy and an icon of the Moscow saints. Bishops and clergy, monastics, members of public organizations, and numerous believers walked along the historical route along with His Holiness. Among the participants in the procession were: Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation A.A. Alikhanov; Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation A.Yu.

Kuznetsova; Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, head of the LDPR faction in the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs L.E. Slutsky; Chairman of the Synodal Department for Relations of the Church with Society and the Media V.R. Legoida; supervisor…

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Emily Clark
It’s good to see the Smolensk icon and the relics of St. Dimitry of the Don carried together again on that old Moscow route. I noticed Minister Alikhanov and Deputy Kuznetsova were listed among the laity; interesting to see them walking with everyone else instead of just watching from the side. Did anyone catch how long the procession actually took this year?
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