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ENGLISH VERSION: Autocracy or Theocracy? By Lawrence A. Uzzell

Is Russia becoming a theocracy? The country's increasingly monolithic political structure seems to call for a monolithic ideology, and the strongest available candidate is Russian Orthodox Christianity. Today's Moscow Patriarchate uniquely combines deep roots in Russian history, instinctive...

Опубликовано: 29.07.2004

ENGLISH VERSION: Kabbalah Advocates Bring Message to Moscow

Madonna's red-string bracelets and rumors of Britney Spears' Kabbalah-themed tattoos have brought the word "Kabbalah" into the hipster lexicon. But for those who have devoted their lives to this form of Jewish mysticism, the Kabbalah goes far deeper...

Опубликовано: 27.07.2004

ENGLISH VERSION: Romanov Remains Returned to Russia

The remains of a sister-on-law of the last Russian tsar, Nicolas II, have been taken from their resting place in Jerusalem back to Russia. They will be displayed in Moscow before being exhibited in other parts of the...

Опубликовано: 26.07.2004

ENGLISH VERSION: Tears For Slain Editor

July 17, 2004 -- Family and friends of murdered Russian Forbes Editor Paul Klebnikov met for his funeral yesterday in Manhattan — saying dos vidanya to a son of the city who grew up to be "the pride...

Опубликовано: 17.07.2004

ENGLISH VERSION: China seeks influence among Kalmyk Buddhists

"Broad prospects for various cooperation".A move by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to repel the influence of the Dalai Lama in a Tibetan Buddhist region has become apparent during the visit to Kalmykia, in the Russian Federation,...

Опубликовано: 17.07.2004

ENGLISH VERSION: "It Is the Moment of Truth for Russia"

The older brothers of Paul Klebnikov, the Forbes Russia editor who was shot dead in the street outside his office last week, challenged the government on Wednesday to solve the murder and show that Russia is becoming a...

Опубликовано: 15.07.2004

ENGLISH VERSION: Monk Spearheads Buddhist Revival in Buryatia

AGINSKOYE -- Vladimir Chimitdorzhiyev was once an ardent communist who wanted to lead young people in Siberia to a Soviet paradise. "That was a long time ago. All that is water under the bridge now," he said in...

Опубликовано: 13.07.2004

ENGLISH VERSION: China behind attack: Falun Dafa

SHOOTING: The head of the Taiwanese branch of the organization said the Chinese government was extending its violent repression to foreign soil The Chinese government was behind an attack on nine Falun Gong practitioners in South Africa last...

Опубликовано: 07.07.2004

ENGLISH VERSION: Dmitry Dudko, 82; Priest, Critic of Soviet Atheism

Russian Orthodox priest Dmitry Dudko, an outspoken critic of Soviet atheism who spent eight years in a Siberian labor camp in the 1950s, died Monday in Moscow, the Moscow Patriarchate announced. He was 82."Father Dudko was a leader...

Опубликовано: 04.07.2004

ENGLISH VERSION: Dmitry Dudko, at 82; Russian Orthodox priest

MOSCOW -- The Rev. Dmitry Dudko, an Orthodox priest who fought against Soviet atheism and served time in a Stalin-era camp, died Monday in Moscow, the Moscow Patriarchate said yesterday.Father Dudko became a mentor for many of the...

Опубликовано: 04.07.2004

ENGLISH VERSION: Chaplaincy Provides Haven for Latin Students

Last November, two students from Guinea-Bissau, Halder, 24, and Mario, 27, arrived in Moscow to pursue degrees at the People's Friendship University. Two days later, they were dead, caught in a blaze that ripped through dormitories at the...

Опубликовано: 30.06.2004

ENGLISH VERSION: Symbolism of the Orthodox Monastery in "The walk of Agapius to Paradise"

The Byzantine apocryphal story about the walk of Agapius to paradise is present in ancient Russian manuscripts in different text versions. Two versions of the story have been translated to modern Russian (V.V.Milkov, Ancient Russian Apocrypha, SPb, 1999);...

Опубликовано: 23.06.2004

ENGLISH VERSION: Icon, spirited away in 1949, returning to Russia

The Gospel writer and early apostle Luke is believed to have painted it. For centuries, it was considered the source of miracles, protecting Russia from foreign invaders. It survived looting by the Soviets and the Nazis. And now,...

Опубликовано: 19.06.2004

ENGLISH VERSION: Moscow bans Jehovah's Witnesses

MOSCOW — Reflecting increased pressure on religious minorities in a country dominated by the Russian Orthodox Church, a Moscow court Wednesday upheld a ban on activities by the Jehovah's Witnesses in the capital.The ruling by the Moscow City...

Опубликовано: 17.06.2004

ENGLISH VERSION: Human rights museum head tried on charges of inciting religious hatred

MOSCOW (AP) -- In a case reminiscent of Soviet-era crackdowns on avant-garde art, a human rights advocate and two associates went on trial Tuesday on charges of inciting religious hatred with a museum exhibit that angered the Russian...

Опубликовано: 15.06.2004

ENGLISH VERSION: Moscow Times: Brother's Keeper

Fresh from his wins at a Russian Orthodox film festival, Serbian director Ninoslav Randjelovic talks with Alexander Osipovich about his one-man crusade against ethnic violence in Kosovo. The camera zooms in on a dark-haired little girl. As she...

Опубликовано: 14.06.2004

ENGLISH VERSION: Christian Science Monitor: Kosovo's Religious Tables Turned

FISHERSVILLE, VA. – Six years ago the US launched a noble experiment, becoming the first nation to proclaim international religious freedom as a goal of its foreign policy. Unfortunately, that experiment has been poisoned by interest-group politics. Usually...

Опубликовано: 23.05.2004

ENGLISH VERSION: Patriarch Alexy, Metropolitan Laurus begin building new church

About 10,000 Orthodox Christians gathered for a Divine Liturgy service conducted by Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II at Moscow's Butovo range early on Saturday, May 15, "Interfax" reports. About 30,000 people, mainly Muscovites, were executed...

Опубликовано: 17.05.2004

ENGLISH VERSION: Watch Out, Art!

A new intolerance is sweeping Russia as religious and political fundamentalists attack artists, musicians and writers whose works they view as subversive May 17 issue - It wasn't the first time critics took clubs to art they didn't...

Опубликовано: 15.05.2004

ENGLISH VERSION: High Passions

Normally critical of the Catholic artistic tradition, Orthodox Christians have found much to admire in Mel Gibson's controversial new film. Leaving Moscow's Orthodox churches last Maundy Thursday after the morning service commemorating the Last Supper, one could overhear...

Опубликовано: 17.04.2004

ENGLISH VERSION: Religious Repression

Editor,I marvel at Lawrence Uzzell's misrepresentations of Jehovah's Witnesses in his otherwise sympathetic article regarding the Moscow court decision banning their activities.The Trinity is not a "core" Christian doctrine. It is not in the Bible, and many people...

Опубликовано: 08.04.2004

ENGLISH VERSION: Witnessing Religious Repression. By Lawrence A. Uzzell

The recent Moscow court decision is significant for three reasons. First, it goes beyond previous repressive steps such as denying official registration to a religious organization. Without registration a religious body has no corporate right to rent buildings...

Опубликовано: 08.04.2004

ENGLISH VERSION: Moscow Krishna temple plans spark squabble

‘‘It will be able to welcome 2,000 believers on festivals,’’ said the former biochemist who prefers to be called B.S. Goswami, the spiritual name that he took after joining the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. In January, orthodox...

Опубликовано: 01.04.2004

ENGLISH VERSION: Row over Krishna temple in Moscow

Plans to construct a Hare Krishna temple in Moscow have sparked off a controversy in Russia where the Orthodox Church dominates and many regard Krishna followers as dangerous sectarians.

Опубликовано: 01.04.2004

ENGLISH VERSION: Orthodox Church Hails Court Decision To Ban Jehovah's Witnesses Sect In Moscow

According to The New York Times, the Jehovah's Witnesses sect has a 133,000-strong congregation in Russia. Orthodox Church officials believe this to be an overstatement, but they acknowledge that the sect is influential enough in many regions across...

Опубликовано: 30.03.2004

ENGLISH VERSION: 35 Orthodox churches, monasteries destroyed or damaged

Belgrade, March 27, 2004 - The Diocese of Raska-Prizren has released an updated list of 35 Serbian Orthodox churches and monasteries that were destroyed or severely damaged in last week’s outbreak of violence in Kosovo-Metohija.

Опубликовано: 28.03.2004

ENGLISH VERSION: Moscow court rules against freedom of worship

For Immediate ReleaseMarch 26, 2004MOSCOW—Judge Vera K. Dubinskaya of the Golovinsky Intermunicipal District Court of the Northern Administrative Circuit of the city of Moscow ruled today to liquidate the Moscow Community of Jehovah's Witnesses and to impose a...

Опубликовано: 27.03.2004

ENGLISH VERSION: Moscow Times: Brother's Keeper

A major indicator of what St. Patrick's Day means to Moscow is the Klinskoye Redkoye beer commercial that has been airing on television recently. No faces are seen, just feet and legs clad in Irish costumes pounding out...

Опубликовано: 20.03.2004

ENGLISH VERSION: Bishop Ambrose of Methoni, assistant to Metropolitan Cyprian of Oropos and Fili, "The methods of Father Vasili Mkalavishvili have changed"

Portal-Credo.Ru: What is the reason of the arrest of Father Vasilij Mkalavishvili, the leader of your parishes in Georgia?Bishop Ambrose: His arrest and imprisonment for three months' "preliminary detention" was ordered by a Tbilisi district court last June....

Опубликовано: 19.03.2004

ENGLISH VERSION: Mоscow Times. Scientology Ban

MOSCOW (AP) -- The Supreme Court in Bashkortostan has banned a Church of Scientology center that prosecutors labeled a "health hazard," Interfax reported. The ban in the majority-Muslim region was imposed after prosecutors filed suit claiming the organization...

Опубликовано: 13.03.2004

ENGLISH VERSION: St. Petersburg Times. Art notes

Oleg Yanushevsky's "Cosmopolitan Icons", an exhibition juxtaposing a series of objects portraying political and mass culture idols as objects of worship, was supposed to run in St. Petersburg's S.P.A.S. gallery for several weeks until March 12th but ended...

Опубликовано: 28.02.2004

ENGLISH VERSION: Communique on the meeting of Mitropolitan Kirill and Cardinal Walter Kasper

On 19 February 2004, in Moscow, a meeting took place between the Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Patriarchate of Moscow, Metropolitan of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, Kirill, and the President of the Pontifical Council...

Опубликовано: 24.02.2004

ENGLISH VERSION: Moscow Times, Catholic Cardinal Kicks Off Visit

A top Vatican official arrived Tuesday for sensitive talks with the Russian Orthodox hierarchy, which accuses the Catholic Church of aggressive proselytizing in traditionally Orthodox lands. Just hours before the arrival of Cardinal Walter Kasper, head of the...

Опубликовано: 18.02.2004

ENGLISH VERSION: Interview with Jesuit Fr. Robert Taft

Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, is scheduled to travel to Moscow Feb. 16-20, 2004 for a meeting with the Patriarch of Moscow, Alexy II. In anticipation of Kasper's trip, NCR Rome...

Опубликовано: 09.02.2004

ENGLISH VERSION: Moscow Times, Muslims Celebrate Kurban Bairam

Millions of Muslims across Russia began celebrations Sunday for Eid-ul-Adha, or the festival of sacrifice, a major Muslim holiday that symbolizes Ibrahim's willingness to obey God and sacrifice his son Ismail.President Vladimir Putin took the opportunity Sunday to...

Опубликовано: 02.02.2004

ENGLISH VERSION: Moscow Times, Catholic Charity Addresses Birthrate Problems

The German-funded charity Caritas says it is worried about the country's demographic decline. Its Life Protection project provides women with psychological and material help if they decide to proceed with the pregnancy.Annual Reported Abortions in Russia19884.6 million19903.92 million19952.57...

Опубликовано: 01.02.2004

ENGLISH VERSION: Putin greets Muslims on Kurban Bairam

MOSCOW. Feb 1 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin conveyed greetings to Russia's Islamic community on the Muslim holiday Kurban Bairam. "This holiday is being celebrated amid a continuing revival of spiritual life for millions of Muslims in...

Опубликовано: 01.02.2004