A gift to the Patriarch and from the Patriarch to everyone: a large-scale exhibition of contemporary church art opens in the Moscow Manegetranslated

On November 4, 2026, a large-scale exhibition of contemporary church art “Christian Tradition. Our Days", dedicated to the 80th anniversary of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill.

The chairman of the Synodal Department for Relations of the Church with Society and the Media, Vladimir Legoida, spoke about the special status of this exhibition at a special press conference on November 2, 2026, the Department’s website reports.

– The exhibition is dedicated to the anniversary of His Holiness the Patriarch, and this is not a personal date in the sense in which we are accustomed to talking about personal dates. This is a date that is important for the entire Church, and for the entire people, and for the entire world of art,” said Vladimir Legoyda.

“Therefore, it turns out that this, on the one hand, is a gift to the Patriarch, and on the other, from the Patriarch for everyone who comes to this exhibition, will be able to enjoy wonderful works of art, experience them and work hard with their souls,” added the representative of the Church.

The head of the Synodal Department also drew attention to the conceptual basis of the exhibition – the concept of beauty.

– Beauty is the most important culture-forming phenomenon and theological category, the experience of meeting with God. And it is precisely this that is one of the reasons...