On February 29, 2024, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin addressed the Federal Assembly in Gostiny Dvor in Moscow.
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia attended the event.
Russian Orthodox Church representatives were also present at the announcement of the Message: Metropolitan Gregory of Voskresensk, Managing Director of the Moscow Patriarchate; Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations; Metropolitan Tikhon of Simferopol and Crimea, Chairman of the Patriarchal Council for Culture; Chairman of the Synodal Department for Church Relations with Society and the Media, Acting Head of the Press Service of the Patriarch of Moscow and of All Russia by V.R. Legoyda; Archpriest Alexander Tkachenko, member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Circle of Good Foundation for Support of Children with Serious Illnesses; member of the Supervisory Board of the State Fund for Support of Participants in the Special Military Operation Defenders of the Fatherland, monk Kyprian (Burkov).