Moscow Cross Procession Draws Thousands
The Moscow-wide cross procession, led by Patriarch Kirill, took place on September 6 despite rainy weather, drawing thousands of participants and featuring the relics of Dmitry Donskoy for the first time.
Consensus
- The Moscow-wide cross procession occurred on September 6.
- Patriarch Kirill led the procession.
- The procession started at the Church of Christ the Savior.
- The route went along city embankments to the Novodevichy Monastery.
- The total route length was approximately 6 kilometers.
- The procession included the veneration of religious relics, including the Smolensk icon of the Virgin Mary, the relics of Dmitry Donskoy, and the icon of all Moscow saints.
- The event took place despite rainy weather.
- The procession was attended by thousands of participants and visitors.
Points of divergence
- For the first time, the relics of Dmitry Donskoy were carried in the cross procession. — tg_moscowmap
- The first city-wide cross procession in Moscow took place last year, restoring a tradition that existed until the 1917 October Revolution. — interfax
Coverage (3 sources)
- Pan-Russian Holy Procession Gathered Thousands of Participants — Интерфакс
- Pan-Moscow Holy Procession will take place in Moscow on September 6. The procession will be led by Patriarch Kirill. For the first time in the Holy Procession... — Новости Москвы
- Second Moscow Cross Procession will take place in Moscow — Интерфакс
Key entities
- Moscow
- Kirill
- Christ the Savior Cathedral
- INTERFAX.RU
- Interfax
- Moskovskogo
- Prechistenskaya Naberezhnaya
- Novodevichy Monastery
- Dmitry Donskoy
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