The Russian Orthodox Church honors Peter and Fevronia on July 8 each year. Wikimedia Commons One Saturday afternoon in May 2026, families gathered on Poklonnaya Gora, a hilltop war memorial park in western Moscow. They came for a procession and a “moleben,” an Orthodox prayer service, for the well-being of Russian families. Church media billed it as the first Day of the Sanctity of the Family. May 30 is the feast of St. Evdokia of Moscow, a 14th-century princess who took monastic vows late in li