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Continuing
conflict in theological school
December 27, 2000
New
patterns of church-state relations
December 27, 2000
Unregistered
groups, Salvation Army, wait
January 2, 2001
"Russia,
our holy country ... protected by God"
January 1, 2001
Patriarch
praises Russian democracy
December 29, 2000
Reregistration
clock has run down
December 31, 2000
Journalists
criticize patriarch over anthem
December 19, 2000
Lyricist:
"Russia is a Christian country"
December 30, 2000
News
briefs: church-state cooperation, Holy Synod, Ukraine, anthem, Pentecostals
December 30, 2000
Jehovah's
Witnesses sue over right to worship
December 29, 2000
Synagogue
incident still puzzling Russian press
December 29, 2000
Patriarch
complains again about Catholic proselytism
December 29, 2000
Two
days before reregistration deadline
December 29, 2000
Putin
builds relations with Jews
December 26, 2000
Synagogue
beating still unresolved
December 27, 2000
"Moonies"
win legal recognition
December 28, 2000
Putin
can rescue Salvation Army
December 27, 2000
Local
justice officials do not know law
December 27, 2000
Recent
beating in synagogue an internal Jewish matter
December 25, 2000
Putin
lights candle in synagogue
December 22, 2000
Priests
criticize patriarch
December 25, 2000
Orthodox
activity in Kaliningrad province
December 20, 2000
Another
Moscow Jewish leader beaten
December 24, 2000
State
supervision of religious organizations coordinated
December 22, 2000
Russian
Catholics face difficulties
December 22, 2000
Putin
as Orthodox ambassador?
December 22, 2000
Russian
Tatarstan delaying reregistration of Jehovah's Witnesses
December 22, 2000
Salvation
Army defended in Moscow
December 21, 2000
Official
urges delay in reregistration deadline
December 23, 2000
Orthodox
church not reaching Russian youth
December 23, 2000
Old
Believers resist overtures from Moscow patriarchate
December 14, 2000
Senator
Lugar riles Orthodox Russians
December 19, 2000
Reregistration
deadline looms
December 16, 2000
Orthodox
church moves forward with reregistration
December 18, 2000
Patriarch
objects to western influence, views problems at home
December 15, 2000
Patriarch
objects to European bill of rights
December 15, 2000
Church
influence in Putin's new regional power apparatus
December 15, 2000
Conflict
in Estonian Orthodoxy
November 23, 2000
Complications
in improving relations between Orthodox and Old Believers
December 7, 2000
Threat
to Salvation Army
December 8, 2000
It's
official; soviet anthem back
December 8, 2000
Patriarch
should defend Salvation Army
December 8, 2000
Orthodox
priest leads intelligentsia opposition to revival of soviet anthem
December 5, 2000
Jewish,
Muslim, Buddhist, and Orthodox leaders prefer soviet anthem
December 6, 2000
Almost
half of Russian religious organizations under threat
December 5, 2000
Antisemitism
in Russia
December 3, 2000
St.
Matthew patron of tax police
December 2, 2000
Russian
antisemitism recalls "bad old days in Germany"
December 1, 2000
Church's
position on Russian anthem unclear
November 28, 2000
Changes
in church-state relations discussed
November 16, 2000
Pope
to visit Ukraine
November 30, 2000
Government
concession on taxpayer numbers not satisfying to all Orthodox
November 29, 2000
Patriarchate
tries to woo back schismatics
November 29, 2000
Moscow
protestants denied reregistration
November 29, 2000
Search
for model of church-state relations
November 27, 2000
Patriarch
repeats complaints against Vatican
November 28, 2000
Church-state
round table at patriarchate
November 18, 2000
Church
and government leaders confer
November 21, 2000
Antisemitic
beating of Rutskoy aide
November 22, 2000
Religious
rights defense center wins court cases
November 21, 2000
Metropolitan
Kirill desires restoration of union and soviet anthem
November 21, 2000
Antisemitism
in Kursk
November 16, 2000
Call
for a new system of Russian religious politics
November 15, 2000
Unification
agreement for Ukrainian churches signed
November 16, 2000
Peacemaking
forum echoes soviet era
November 16, 2000
Antisectarian
violence in Volgograd
November 14, 2000
Moscow
peace conference issues calls for interreligious harmony
November 14, 2000
Antisectarian
violence in Siberia
November 5, 2000
Pope
to visit Ukraine
November 14, 2000
Interreligious
peacemaking forum in Moscow
November 13, 2000
American
watch group keeps eye on Russian religious policy
November 14, 2000
Ukrainian
religiosity exaggerated
November 10, 2000
Putin
and Alexis II meet
November 10, 2000
Moscow
alienates Constantinople and Tallin
November 8, 2000
American
expelled from Russia
November 9, 2000
Education
ministry targets sects
November 8, 2000
Emigre
church approves Moscow social doctrine
November 8, 2000
Siberian
sectarian commune threatened
October 25, 2000
Russian
and Yugoslav Orthodox leaders get together
November 1, 2000
Conference
on church's social doctrine
November 1, 2000
Interreligious
academic conference in Moscow
November 1, 2000
Attempt
to keep sects out of schools
October 27, 2000
Governors
and rabbis reach agreements
November 3, 2000
Armenian
Orthodox divided
October 21, 2000
Controversy
over patriarch's visit to Estonia
October 27, 2000
Estonian
Orthodox deputies complain to Patriarch Bartholomew
October 27, 2000
Believers
freed from bar codes
October 27, 2000
Church
charged with financial irregularities
October 11, 2000
US
religious freedom group concerned about Russia
October 26, 2000
Catholic
bishops denied registration
October 21, 2000
State
commission discusses Theology major
October 19, 2000
Persecution
of Jehovah's Witnesses gets Moscow media attention
October 17, 2000
Orthodox
education in danger
October 19, 2000
Church
can aid law enforcement
October 20, 2000
Church
on rails
October 20, 2000
Doubts
about Putin's confessor
September 26, 2000
Ukrainian
believers turn to alternative churches
October 13, 2000
Kremlin
disavows official's antisemitic article
October 7, 2000
"Pattern
of discrimination" against non-Orthodox
October 13, 2000
Russian
protestants look to unite
October 6, 2000
Interior
minister attacks sects
October 9, 2000
Mrs.
Putin visits monastery
October 5, 2000
Putin
displays Jewish sympathies
October 3, 2000
Anti-Jewish
pogrom still unresolved
October 6, 2000
Christ
the Savior workers decorated
October 6, 2000
Ukrainian
autocephalists hold council
September 28, 2000
Russians
unenthusiastic about Nicholas' canonization
September 27, 2000
Need
for Orthodox dialogue about Ukraine
September 28, 2000
Jewish
New Year in Moscow
September 29, 2000
Baptist
leader complains about governmental favoritism
September 27, 2000
Ukrainians
divided on unified Orthodox church
September 27, 2000
Kochetkovite
group barred from worship
September 27, 2000
Estonian
archives implicate Alexis II
September 23, 2000
Putin's
Orthodoxy questioned
September 13, 2000
Patriarch
was not KGB agent
September 20, 2000
Anniversary
of murder of Fr Alexander Men
September 9, 2000
American
missionaries under attack
September 13, 2000
Moscow
Jews open major facility
September 15, 2000
Rapid
decline in number of Jews in Russia
September 15, 2000
Putin
talks about religion with Larry King
September 8, 2000
Church
objects to US State Department report
September 5, 2000
Russian
bureaucrat advocates state support of religion
September 7, 2000
Pacifist's
rights acknowledged
September 12, 2000
Putin's
spiritual advisor
September 5, 2000
Ukrainian
church conflict
August 31, 2000
Kochetkovite
parish repressed again
September 2, 2000
Orthodox
schools in Moscow
September 1, 2000
Germany
returns icon to Russian church
September 1, 2000
Journalistic
gadfly criticizes church's social doctrine
August 31, 2000
Church
prays for Olympians
August 31, 2000
Metropolitan
Kirill advises moderation in reaction to sub accident
August 29, 2000
Media
generally critical of Orthodox council
August 23, 2000
Metropolitan
of Odessa on Ukrainian situation
August 23, 2000
Chief
rabbi dispute still in the press
August 21, 2000
Bishops'
council asks Putin for return of property
August 18, 2000
Reviewing
the canonizations
August 19, 2000
Constantinople
patriarch rebuffs Ukrainian Orthodox
August 18, 2000
Summing
up the council
August 17, 2000
Putin
and Nicholas' canonization
August 16, 2000
Allegation
refuted by Constantinople
August 8, 2000
Fourth
day of council; Ukrainian bishops surprise council
August 16, 2000
Secular
press coverage of bishops' council
August 15, 2000
Ukrainian
official reacts to council
August 14, 2000
Third
day of bishops' council: social doctrine approved
August 15, 2000
Second
day of bishops' council: Nicholas' canonization approved
August 14, 2000
First
day of bishops' council
August 13, 2000
Conservative
press responds to opposition to canonization
August 10, 2000
Jubilee
bishops' council about to open
August 10, 2000
Metropolitan
Kirill affirms current status of Fr Kochetkov
August 2000
Procuracy
acknowledges mistake in search of Catholic center
August 9, 2000
Lutheran
advance in Siberia
August 9, 2000
Church
cannot give Putin the help he requests
August 9, 2000
Canonization
of Nicholas victory for Orthodox extremists
August 9, 2000
Ukrainian
church conflict will not end soon
August 9, 2000
Metropolitan
Kirill on relations with state and society
August 9, 2000
Bishops'
council begins Sunday
August 7, 2000
Putin's
policies may threaten Jews
August 7, 2000
Tsar's
canonization might fan antisemitism
August 6, 2000
American
Ukrainian archbishop criticizes UPTs council
August 3, 2000
Ukrainian
Orthodox ask Moscow patriarchate to end autonomy of Ukrainian church
August 3, 2000
Orthodox
study religiosity in Ekaterinburg
August 7, 2000
US
consul aids Catholics in Siberia
August 4, 2000
Putin
leaves note at caves monastery
August 4, 2000
Debate:
should bishops only constitute church councils?
July 26/August 5, 2000
Constantinople
alleged to have acted on Ukraine
July 27, 2000
Fr
Kochetkov victim of apparent provocation
August 4, 2000
Russian
Jewish Leader Gorin mulls life of Jews in Russia
August 1, 2000
Patriarchal
interview in Italian paper
August 3, 2000
Putin
confers with church figures
August 2, 2000
Metropolitan's
press conference on Ukrainian church conflict
July 31, 2000
Ukrainian
church appeals to Moscow
July 31, 2000
Ukrainian
church situation mars Orthodox-Catholic relations
July 31, 2000
Ukrainian
Orthodox warn of new schism
July 31, 2000
Patriarch
greets Putin
July 29, 2000
Questions
as canonization of tsar looms
July 28, 2000
Patriarch
enlists government aid to protect Serb churches
July 28, 2000
Small
Russian sect almost extinct
July 30, 2000
Patriarch
accused of political interference; patriarchate replies
June 22/July 26, 2000
Book
indicting Fr Kochetkov reviewed
July 26, 2000
Pro-Berezovsky
press attacks Gusinsky-allied chief rabbi
July 26, 2000
Constantinople
challenges Moscow in Ukraine
July 3, 2000
Cautious
word from patriarch about canonization of Nicholas II
July 25, 2000
Orthodox
bishops to approve public policy
July 22, 2000
Return
of Russian Jewish property
July 22, 2000
Russian
media reports on request for return of Jewish property
July 20, 2000
Beleaguered
Orthodox deacon rebuffed by Supreme Court
July 12, 2000
Difficulties
for Christian radio
June 30, 2000
Conflict
among Russian rabbis
July 15, 2000
Russian
chief rabbi challenged
June 28, 2000
Soviet-style
religion policy in Turkmenistan
July 14, 2000
Sociological
study shows Russian religiosity
June 30, 2000
Conflict
between seminary students and bishop-rector
July 12, 2000
Failure
of Christian political movement
July 12, 2000
Fr
Kochetkov defends self
June 28, 2000
Kochetkovite
priests disciplined
June 28, 2000
Work
of Orthodox canonization commission
July 12, 2000
Latest
Christian political movment stalled
July 5, 2000
Orthodox-Catholic
tensions
June 9, 2000
Pentecostal
practices said to violate law
June 9, 2000
Putin
as humanist
June 7, 2000
Putin
praises Orthodox church
June 9, 2000
Parishioners
at odds with rector
June 7, 2000
Jewish
community suffering internal conflict
June 8, 2000
Vatican-Moscow
relations improving
June 2, 2000
Church
and state can teach each other
May 28, 2000
Nicholas
to be canonized as passion bearer, not martyr
May 31, 2000
Constitutional
court affirms Jesuits rights
May 16, 2000
Russian
Jesuits target of tax police action
May 25, 2000
Putin's
Orthodox political movement
May 21, 2000
Doubts
about canonization of Nicholas II
May 28, 2000
Anti-Orthodox
display criticized
May 27, 2000
Church-state
cooperation in jubilee celebration
May 24, 2000
Patriarch
approves more modesty in clothes design
May 24, 2000
Russian
evangelist expelled from Turkmenistan
May 23, 2000
Russian
interest in occult
May 23, 2000
All-civilian
Christian Union of Russia forming
May 17, 2000
Does
president have right to patriarchal blessing?
May 17, 2000
Patriarchate
extends hand to new Russian government
May 18, 2000
Orthodox
parishioners denied communion
May 17, 2000
Metropolitan
Kirill publishes Orthodox meditations in business newspaper
May 6/13, 2000
Russia
possible base for radio evangelism in China
May 11, 2000
Rights
defender harassed by police
May 15, 2000
Orthodox
nationalism strong among Russian youth
May 11, 2000
Respect
for religious rights linked to other rights
May 13, 2000
Orthodox
service in tsar's church follows Putin's inauguration
May 10, 2000
Ukrainian
president backs church unity
May 9, 2000
Jehovah's
Witnesses gain favorable court rulints
May 9, 2000
Church
and army in patriotic relationship
May 7, 2000
New
president's religion policy awaited
April 7, 2000
Death
of Jehovah's Witness exploited by Georgian politician
April 26, 2000
Russian
Easter replaces soviet traditions
May 6, 2000
Putin's
inauguration omits patriarch's participation
May 3, 2000
Five
times as many Muscovites to cemeteries on Easter as to church
May 4, 2000
Russian,
Ukrainian, Belorussian presidents join patriarch in ceremony
May 3, 2000
Congressional
group criticizes religion law
May 1, 2000
Identification
of tsar's remains again questioned
March 8, 2000
Question
about patriarch's participation in Putin's inauguration
May 1, 2000
Georgian
church calls state to act against Jehovah's Witnesses
April 24, 2000
Icons
restored to Kremlin towers
April 25, 2000
Diversity
among Russia's Muslims
May 1, 2000
Putin
and patriarch
April 30, 2000
Patriarch
on current issues in Russia
April 28, 2000
Fr
Kochetkov defended
April 26, 2000
Putin
tilts toward Orthodoxy
April 19, 2000
Interview
with Fr Kochetkov
April 12, 2000
Critic
of Fr Kochetkov skeptical about future
April 12, 2000
Mystery
April 4, 2000
Metropolitan
Kirill gives cautious assessment of European integration
April 4, 2000
Little
religious liberty in Belarus
April 4, 2000
Russian
religion after the election
April 3, 2000
Putin
signs amendment to religion law
March 30, 2000
Orthodox
priest murdered
March 24, 2000
More
on bar code controversy
March 22, 2000
Russian
military academy to train cadets in Orthodoxy
March 17, 2000
Fr
Kochetkov restored
March 15, 2000
Ministry
responds to bar code stir
March 15, 2000
Putin's
baptism
March 14, 2000
Great
Fast begins in Russia
March 13, 2000
Synod's
motives explored
March 10, 2000
Holy
Synod objects to bar codes
March 7, 2000
Putin's
baptismal cross
March 10, 2000
Jehovah's
Witnesses wait
March 10, 2000
Nontradition
March 3, 2000
Conscientious
objector in detention
March 3, 2000
Orthodox
healer to receive chapel
March 3, 2000
Patriarch
in his own words
February 25, 2000
Ukrainian
patriarch laid to rest
February 29, 2000
Foreign
ministry dislikes U.S. criticism
March
Main
Baptist church of St. Petersburg
March 1, 2000
Court
defines a sect
March 1, 2000
Putin
sees heads of churches
March 1, 2000
Turkmenistan
chief violator of religious rights
March 1, 2000
Neither
side in Jericho conflict attractive<
February 23, 2000
US
State Dept. report on religion rights
February 25, 2000
Orthodox
group asks Putin to deal with moral climate
February 24, 2000
Russians'
experience of sects
February 9, 2000
Religion
law not being enforced
February 9, 2000
Media's
effect on religion
February 23, 20
Yakunin
creates new Orthodox movement
February 23, 2000
Reregistration
postponed but religious groups pressured
February 21, 2000
Metropolitan
Kirill renews critique of liberalism
February 16-17, 2000
New
religion banned in Moscow
February 15, 2000
More evidence on Putin's religiosityFebruary 11, 2000
Family
values strong in Russia
February 11, 2000
First
Russian religious rights case to European court
February 18, 2000
Moscow
patriarchate on international relations
February 9, 2000
Orthodoxy
too close to government
January 15, 2000
Fears
of threat to religious freedom not yet confirmed
February 11, 2000
Religion's
role growing in Russia
January 31, 2000
Father
Kochetkov hounded by priests
January 26, 2000
Patriarch
sounds anti-American theme
January 28, 2000
Orthodox
resistance to western values
January 28, 2000
Religious
intolerance increasing?
January 22, 2000
Symphonia
emerging in Russia?
January 18, 2000
Putin
a believer
January 21, 2000
Putin's
piety worries non-Orthodox
January 21, 2000
Jewish
leader murdered
January 21, 2000
Russian
January 19, 2000
Putin
in church
January 18, 2000
New
Russian security policy has stalinesque reference to religion
January 14, 2000
Conflicts
among Jewish organizations
January 12, 2000
Putin
close to Orthodox patriarch
January 12, 2000
Right-wing
priest's activity curtailed
January 12, 2000
Fate
of religion in Putin's Russia uncertain
January 11, 2000
Local
governments told not to close unregistered religious organizations
January 3, 2000
Putin
shows respect for Orthodoxy
January 6, 2000
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