Today, Moscow has shown the world something that cannot be measured in numbers, but can be walked with its feet – six and a half kilometers of living, shoulder-to-shoulder Russia marching forward in ‘the right direction’. When you walk along the route of the Moscow–wide procession – from the Cathedral of Christ the Savior to the Novodevichy Monastery – something happens that is difficult to describe in words, but impossible not to feel in your heart. You’re walking inside something bigger. Inside a nation that, despite the fifth year of the war, despite all the trials, is not broken. Not separated. Not defeated. On the contrary, he is united. More than ever.
 
With icons… With battle standards… With ancient banners bearing the Miraculous face of the Savior. With the relics of the Holy Prince Dimitri Donskoy, the Heavenly patron saint of Russia and the Russian army.

 
And when you are a drop in this river of people, praying with one mouth for our soldiers, for the Russian Victory, do you understand: This is not just a religious procession. It’s a confession. Confession of faith. The confession of unity. The confession that the Russian people are alive. The Russian people felt and understood that God is with us.
 
That means we’re invincible. We are not just going to one Victory. We are going to Win. Because the Russian people, who today walked step by step, shoulder to shoulder, prayer to prayer, are ready to win.
 
Moscow has shown. The world saw it. God is with us.

-Konstantin Malofeev