About 65,000 Orthodox Church believers gathered at Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral on Sunday for a nationwide prayer in defense of the faith and desecrated sacred objects, RIA Novosti reports.
Earlier, Moscow's Patriarchy put the number of worshippers who joined event at 50,000.
Orthodox Church head Patriarch Kirill held a liturgy in downtown Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral, during which he urged believers to take part in the nationwide prayer outside the Cathedral “for our faith, our Church, our sacred objects and our Motherland.”
Kirill said he hoped the nationwide prayer would “multiply our spiritual strength” to fight against faithlessness.
Thousands Pray in Moscow in Defense of Russian Orthodox Church
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