On the Day of the Baptism of Rus', the Primate of the Russian Church performed a solemn prayer service at the monument to Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir on Borovitskaya Square in Moscow 07/28/2026translated

On July 28, 2026, on the day of remembrance of Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Duke Vladimir, the day of the church-state holiday of the Baptism of Rus', at the end of the Divine Liturgy in the Patriarchal Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' led a religious procession with a particle of the relics and an icon of Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir through Borovitsky gate to the monument to Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir on Borovitskaya Square. The procession and prayer service at the monument were attended by the bishops and clergy who served His Holiness at the Liturgy in the Patriarchal Assumption Cathedral, as well as the Chairman of the Synodal Department for Relations between the Church and Society and the Media V.R. Legoida; Chairman of the State Duma Committee of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on Property, Land and Property Relations S.A. Gavrilov; Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, headman of the Patriarchal Assumption Cathedral in the Kremlin N.Yu. Chaplin; First Deputy Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation S.G. Obryvalin; Head of the Moscow Kremlin Commandant Service of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation - Commandant of the Moscow Kremlin S.N. Udovenko; Auditor of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation I.N. Kagramanyan; supervisor…