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On Wednesday Russia opened the new Moscow Cathedral Mosque to coincide with Eid al-Adha celebrations. We asked Moscow's Muslims to tell us what the day means to them. Kurban Eshmakov is from Kyzgyzstan and works as a sweeper in a Moscow office. "It is a great feast for us," he says. "People are being treated, I am full of joy about it." Evgeny Feldman/CNN
Izet Miskhi is from Bosnia-Herzegovina and works at a construction site in Moscow. He has lived here for 25 years and says Eid al-Adha (feast of sacrifice) is "the most important day for Muslims." Evgeny Feldman/CNN
Phatyakh Minzulin is from Penza and works in radio broadcasting. On Eid al-Adha, he says,"We visit each other, give money to kids, cut a sheep and distribute pieces among poor. We never abandon our old people." Evgeny Feldman/CNN
Adkham Abduraiymov, 22, is from Uzbekistan and has lived in Moscow for two years. He says Eid al-Adha is celebrated in a different way in different places. "It is difficult for me to explain, this religion is in our blood since our day of birth," he adds. Evgeny Feldman/CNN
Rustam Shakhov, 24, is from Dagestan. He says: "It is a day when everybody visits each other, does good, [and] smiles to each other." Evgeny Feldman/CNN
