The parade of families took place in the cities of Russia
Millions of Russians on the Day of Family, Love and Fidelity on July 8 showed that family is the main value of the country. Large-scale celebrations in honor of the holiday took place from Kaliningrad to Kamchatka. There are smiles, children's laughter and an atmosphere of real home warmth everywhere. And the main event at VDNKH in Moscow gathered more than 10 thousand people. participants. Moms and dads, grandmothers, grandfathers and their grandchildren marched in the same column, and some of them even received presidential awards.
An orchestra, drawings on the asphalt, costumes and flags. "Russia is a family of families" are the words that have already become the motto of this holiday. They talk about their relatives here with pride.
This is the main family holiday. In Moscow, at VDNKh, there is one of the largest marches in the country. 10,000 people gathered at this venue, no doubt for the sake of the future.
"This parade unites thousands of families, it is a beautiful tradition. In a huge column, there are not random participants, but people who are connected to each other. Grandparents, parents, and their children. All those who keep love and loyalty," said Anastasia Kharchenko, a correspondent for Izvestia.
This is exactly what one of the most important ideas of the country looks like today – unity.
Parents with many children can share their experience, 12 of them have received invitations to Moscow specifically for the award ceremony.
"Practice shows that people come from Vladimir, Ryazan, Tver. Friends from Kamchatka flew in and came here to the family parade," said Andrey Kormukhin, chairman of the all—Russian public movement "Family" and coordinator of the organizing committee of the All-Russian family parade.
But you don't have to go to Moscow. Half a million people took part in the parades, which took place in 200 cities from Kaliningrad to Kamchatka. Every region has such different, but at the same time similar families.
In Nizhny Novgorod, the parade passed through the main streets of the city up to the Kremlin. Here are those from whom you want to take an example.
"We met as students, got married after graduation, and now we're living for the 61st year," said Lyudmila Leshchiner, who came to the event with her husband Konstantin.
Nevertheless, this is primarily a spiritual, ecclesiastical holiday. Thousands of families have been blessed at liturgies across the country.
"This is the foundation of the state, and the foundation of any human life in general. The Lord blessed the first people to create a family. It's not right for a person to be alone," said Priest Viktor Matyashov, director of the Center for Spiritual Culture and Education of the Krasnogvardeysky Deanery.
60 families from 43 regions of the country who won the competition were presented with 5 million rubles each in Moscow on behalf of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Both the parade and the award ceremony were held at VDNKh for a reason.
"Everything that our country is proud of has always been collected here for many years. And it is no coincidence that the best families of Russia will be coming to this stage, they are in this hall now," said Sergey Kiriyenko, First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation.
In addition, the organizers of the family parade signed an appeal to the Minister of Labor with a request to make June 8 an official day off. State Duma Deputy Speaker Anna Kuznetsova has already supported the initiative.
Russian President Vladimir Putin in greeting to the participants of the All-Russian Wedding Festival "Russia. Connecting hearts" on the same day said that the family is a reliable support and the main life value for every citizen of Russia. The Head of State congratulated the couples on their marriage, highlighting the festival among other thematic events dedicated to the Day of Family, Love and Fidelity.
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