The liturgy, organized by the Embassy of the Russian Federation and the Russian House Agency, took place at the Church of Our Lady of Kazan, located on Avenida del Puerto in Havana .

  The ceremony included the lighting of candles in memory of the heroes and martyrs of that armed conflict and the victims of the Nazi Holocaust.

  Savva Gagloe, the highest-ranking representative of this religious institution in Cuba, emphasized the significance of this event for the Eurasian nation, describing it as one of the most brilliant, yet also most painful, events in the modern history of Russia and humanity.

  In statements to Prensa Latina, Daria Kovaleva, head of public relations for the cultural agency, emphasized the importance for both peoples of preserving the historical memory of these events, in the face of the imperialist aggressions suffered by Havana and Moscow.

  “Defending historical truth is also vindicating justice, resistance, and the memory of those who offered their lives to liberate the world from Nazism,” she affirmed.

  The meeting, which also included the participation of Igor Mednikov, cultural attache of the diplomatic mission in Cuba, and a small group of students from primary schools in Old Havana, served as a culmination to honor the feats of the three young Cubans who enlisted in the ranks of the Red Army.

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