"From Wednesday June 3 in the region: ... religious organizations will open for visiting," the statement said.

Earlier, the governor of the Moscow diocese, Metropolitan of Krutitsky and Kolomna, Yuvenaly, stated that the sanitary authorities of the Moscow Region allowed believers to participate in worship services on the street and to attend churches of the Russian Orthodox Church outside the service hours.

In addition, the Russian Orthodox Church reported that from June 6, churches of Moscow will open for parishioners.