Mayor of the capital Sergey Sobyanin at a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Fund «Support for the construction of churches in Moscow» named the number of churches erected.
According to him, more than 50 new churches have been built in the last five years. Around them, landscaped spaces with playgrounds, walkways and public gardens are being created.
Also 78 churches have been restored. Now 63 churches are being repaired. We are talking only about the churches in the restoration of which the city government is involved. Dozens of churches are restored at the expense of the patriarchy, investors and benefactors.
Sobyanin emphasized that thousands of historical and cultural monuments have been restored in Moscow.
Patriarch Kirill thanked Sobyanin for the positive changes.
Recall that the double-track tunnels on the BKL got into the Book of Records of the Russian Federation.