On July 21, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill, accompanied by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Metropolitan of Kazan and Tatarstan Feofan, Head of Zelenodolsk region Alexander Tygin, hierarchs and clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church visited the Raifa Bogoroditsky Monastery. 

On July 21, at their meeting at the Kazan Kremlin, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill and Muslim clerics of Tatarstan talked about counteraction to external threat and terrorism.

On July 21, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill held a solemn ceremony of laying the first stone in the foundation of the cathedral at the place where the Kazan Icon of Mother of God appeared and a capsule with a message to descendants. 

On July 21, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Russian Presidential Envoy in Volga Federal District Mikhail Babich and Chairman of State Council Farid Mukhametshin visited the House of Peoples’ Friendship of Tatarstan in Kazan.

On July 21, on the day of Kazan Icon of the Mother of God’s appearance (1579), Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill arrived at the Annunciation Cathedral of the Kazan Kremlin to officiate the Divine Liturgy. 

On July 20, during his official visit to Tatarstan, His Holiness the Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia accompanied by Russian Presidential Envoy in Volga Federal District Mikhail Babich, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, State Counsellor of the republic Mintimer Shaimiev and Metropolitan of Kazan and Tatarstan Feofan visited island town of Sviyazhsk.

On July 20, at the ceremony of unveiling the Monument to Gavriil Derzhavin in Laishevo region (Tatarstan), Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia said that unveiling the monument to the great Russian poet and famous politician on his historical homeland is important for Tatarstan and Russia.

On July 20, upon his arrival in Kazan international airport, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia went to Kaipy village in Laishevo region, homeland of Gavriil Derzhavin.

On July 20, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill, who arrived  on a two-day visit in Tatarstan to take part in laying the foundation stone of the Cathedral under reconstruction at the place where the Kazan Icon of Mother of God was found, addressed all believers, calling on Orthodox Christians and Muslims to leave in peace and harmony.

On July 20, His Holiness the Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, who arrived on a two-day working visit in Kazan, was met by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Russian Presidential Envoy in Volga Federal District Mikhail Babich, and other officials.