What position did the Orthodox Church take during the Great Patriotic War?

Despite the fact that in Soviet times the Orthodox Church indulged in persecution, during the Great Patriotic War, the ministers and parishioners stood up to defend the Motherland with all the people.
In churches and temples, bomb shelters, sanitary points, shelters for the elderly and children were organized. The believers collected funds for military needs. A tank column was created on them. Dmitry Donskoy, aircraft of the squadron “For the Motherland” and them. Alexander Nevsky.
The priests took part in hostilities and partisan movements on an equal basis with other citizens of the USSR. Many of them were awarded medals “For the Defense of Moscow”, “For the Defense of Leningrad”, “For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War”, “Partisan of the Great Patriotic War”.