International Family Protection Declaration Signed at Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow

Moscow, January 30, 2025

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Representatives of Russian and foreign NGOs signed an International Declaration on Family Protection in Moscow this week, with the document open for signing by all interested parties.

The solemn signing ceremony took place on Monday at Christ the Savior Cathedral during the Christmas Educational Readings. An international council for family protection was also created to coordinate the efforts of declaration participants, reports Pro-Life Belarus.

The document was signed by international organization representatives, charitable foundation leaders, women’s organization leaders, family protection organizations, and cultural representatives.

According to the document, family values “must be reliably protected by society and state.”

Family values are defined as marriage as a voluntary union between a man and a woman, “mutual love, respect and care on which family life is built, marriage, parenthood, fatherhood, motherhood, childhood, having many children, child care, priority of raising a child in their native (blood) family, care for parents, generational continuity, protection of child’s life and health both before and after birth.”

The authors note that propaganda of anti-family ideas and values, including the promotion of the concept of “gender” and ideas of so-called “gender diversity,” “should be legally prohibited both at national and international levels.”

“Every child should know their biological sex and the biological sex of their parents, and be raised in accordance with the physiological, psychological and sociocultural characteristics of their biological sex,” the declaration states.

State Duma Deputy Speaker Anna Kuznetsova noted that the signing of the declaration is a unique event. According to her, “the values and goals designated by Russia are attracting an increasing number of states” because such values are “signs of a healthy society and world order, they guarantee security for the world as a whole and for each family in particular.”

In turn, Fr. Feodor Lukyanov (ROC), chairman of the Patriarchal Commission on Family Issues, Protection of Motherhood and Childhood, said the path to signing the document took four years, “from the moment when Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia made an appeal to the international community about consolidating efforts around protecting the family and the life of the child before birth.”

Earlier on Monday, a number of prominent Russian scientists and medical professionals proposed an initiative to ban abortions in private clinics and explained why human life should be legally protected from the moment of conception.

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