The National Centre RUSSIA opens applications for the IV All-Russian Wedding Festival in 2027
Applications opened in Moscow on 4 July for the IV All-Russian Wedding Festival "Russia. Uniting Hearts", which will be held in summer 2027. Registration for couples was announced at the "Novoe Radio Open Air" celebration as part of Moscow Sports Day at the Luzhniki Olympic Complex. Anyone wishing to register their marriage at next year's festival alongside couples from across the country can apply on the Russia.ru website.
The National Centre RUSSIA, the organiser of the All-Russian Wedding Festival, was a special guest at one of this summer's brightest events at Luzhniki. Residents and visitors to the capital attending the celebration were the first to learn that registration had opened for the IV All-Russian Wedding Festival "Russia. Uniting Hearts". A QR code appeared on the festival screens, allowing attendees to submit an application and make their love story part of a story on a nationwide scale.
A couple in love took to the main stage: Anton Vasilyev and Kristina Faizullayeva from the Kirov Region, who, together with more than 100 other couples, will officially register their marriage at the National Centre RUSSIA on the Day of Family, Love and Fidelity. The hosts, Kirill Kalinin and Artyom Raitraun, invited the bride and groom to rehearse their wedding "I do!" symbolically. The touching moment ended with a traditional wedding ritual: the bride tossed her bouquet to the audience, passing the "marriage baton" to another young woman.
"We are really looking forward to the All-Russian Wedding Festival in 2027 so that we can get married on the Day of Family, Love and Fidelity. Family is the most important thing in life. It is a source of support not only for two people who love each other, but also for the state. Without families, there will be no children, and we want there to be as many children as possible and for people to love one another. We wish everyone who has not yet found love but is looking for it to stay open and attend different events as often as possible. After all, someone is sure to meet someone even today, and that could be the beginning of a great love story," Anton and Kristina shared.
The bride and groom have known each other for six years and have been together for four. Anton volunteers and runs free football training sessions for teenagers and adults, supporting amateur sport. Kristina works as a nanny and children's massage therapist and is also an active volunteer. In their free time, the couple enjoy going for walks together, cooking delicious meals, playing sport and travelling. Their greatest dream is to create a large, strong and close-knit family.
The III All-Russian Wedding Festival "Russia. Uniting Hearts" will be held at the National Centre RUSSIA on 8 and 9 July. The event will include a ceremonial marriage registration as well as a cultural and educational programme. A livestream will be available on the Russia.ru website.
The festival is held jointly with the Moscow Government and the Moscow Civil Registry Office.
Applications to take part in the IV All-Russian Wedding Festival can be submitted on the National Centre RUSSIA website!
In a traditional Russian wedding, special symbolism was present not only in the bride's dress. The groom's costume was also a kind of message, encrypted in thread patterns and accessories.
The peoples of the Volga Region and Russia's steppe regions viewed marriage as a union not only between two people but also between two families.
The open dialogue "Forms of Love: Literature and Art" formed part of the educational programme of the III All-Russian Wedding Festival "Russia. Uniting Hearts".
