October 14 is an occasion for joy and celebration with loved ones. It is a day of spiritual and cultural solidarity. The statement has been made by the interim mayor general, Adrian Talmaci, at the ceremony dedicated to the inauguration of the Chisinau City Annual Fete, organized in the square of the Metropolitan Cathedral "Nativity of the Lord", immediately after the religious ceremony dedicated to the holiday, IPN reports.

Adrian Talmaci has stated that this year 583 years are marked since the first documentary records of Chisinau municipality. During this period, "Chisinau went through the transformations of time". "The most important events took place in Chisinau. Therefore, it is our obligation to preserve and develop the city's patrimony for the future generations, because the city of Chisinau is mine, yours, everybody’s ...”, said Adrian Talmaci.

His Beatitude, Metropolitan Vladimir has mentioned in his speech that the Protection of the Mother of God, marked on October 14, reminds of the moment when, in the tenth century, in Constantinople, during the service, while Christians were praying, the Mother of God accompanied by the saints John the Baptist and John the Theologian appeared. Metropolitan Vladimir urged Christians to come to church to pray, to address Holly Mother of God to protect the city and its inhabitants from all evil.

The program of events will end at 23.00, with a concert and a pyrotechnic show.