Muslims of Moscow Celebrate Eid al-Fitr with Festive Prayers at Communarka and Sokolniki

March 21, 2026

From early morning today, believers gathered for the collective festive prayer at the Interreligious Cultural, Educational and Spiritual Center in Kommunarka, Moscow. The head of the Spiritual Assembly of Muslims of Russia (SAMR) and Mufti of Moscow, Albir Hazrat Krganov, led the festive service via a live online broadcast, delivering a heartfelt sermon in honor of the blessed holiday of Eid al-Fitr.

Greetings were read out on behalf of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, and State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin. Congratulations to the Muslims were also extended by ambassadors of Islamic countries, regional heads, muftis from across Russia and abroad, as well as public and political figures. The Mufti expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the head of state and to all those who extended their congratulations, and also thanked the Moscow authorities for their special attention to addressing the concerns of the capital’s Muslim community.

At the same time, at another venue in Sokolniki Park, a collective festive prayer was held in honor of Eid al-Fitr. Addressing the worshippers with a festive sermon was the Assistant to the Mufti of the SAMR and Imam-Khatib of the “Moscow Muftiate,” Ilnur Hazrat Gainutdinov, who praised Almighty Allah and conveyed congratulations on the blessed holiday of Eid al-Fitr. Ilnur Hazrat also relayed to those gathered words of congratulations from the head of the SAMR and Mufti of Moscow, Albir Hazrat Krganov, as well as from the country’s leadership, heads of government bodies and regions, muftis of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, and public, religious, and political figures.

The organizer of these events was the Centralized Religious Organization “Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Moscow and the Central Region ‘Moscow Muftiate.’”

Thanks to the organizational work of the Spiritual Assembly of Muslims of Moscow and the Central Region “Moscow Muftiate,” as well as the support of the Moscow Government and law enforcement agencies, the large-scale religious events proceeded peacefully and without incident.

Live online broadcasts of the festive services were organized for believers across all information platforms of the SAMR.

Press Service of the Spiritual Assembly of Muslims of Russia

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