On 28 July 2018, Russian Orthodox Church parishes celebrated the 1,030th anniversary of the Baptism of Russia all over the world, whether in France, in Germany, in England, in Italy, in the United States, for instance at St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York, and as far as Syria, or even Thailand, where the feast day happened to be also the Thai national holiday. The celebrations took many forms: Divine Liturgy, Moleben