Patriarch Kirill called on Russians to “gather their strength as a people” so that Russia becomes a “great state”
July 12, 2011 in a sermon dedicated to Russian tragedies in Tatarstan and Karelia, Patriarch Kirill called Russians to abandon the priority of consumption and unite "as a people." " I am addressing today to everyone who hears me, from the pulpit of the historical Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos on Red Square, we will collect forces as a people , let's gather them the way our ancestors gathered, winning wars, advancing over vast distances, mastering the Siberian and Far