In a message read during a ceremony in Christ the Savior Cathedral, Moscow, and reported by the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda, the Russian Orthodox patriarch, Alexis II, said: “I offer prayers to God... that the nuclear weapons created by you and entrusted to you will always remain in God’s hands and will only be weapons of deterrence and retaliation. ”
Pöördumises, mille Vene õigeusu kiriku patriarh Aleksius II luges ette Moskvas Lunastaja Kristuse katedraalis toimunud tseremoonial ning mis avaldati ka ajalehes „Krasnaja Zvezda ”, lausus ta:„ Ma palvetan Jumala poole..., et teie loodud ja teile usaldatud tuumarelvad jääksid alati Jumala hoolde ning neid kasutataks ainult hirmutamiseks ja kättemaksuks. ”