Recent 2009 News Items

Survey studies religiosity of Russians
July 1, 2009

Debate about Stalin defines church history
June 30, 2009

Debate in Russian church over Stalin
June 25, 2009

Patriarch's visit to Ukraine leads to controversy
June 26, 2009

News media attack on Jehovah's Witnesses
June 24, 2009

Controversial Orthodox spokesman
June 22, 2009

Orthodox leader seeks more influence on public education
June 18, 2009

Russian court backs Jehovah's Witness' rights
June 16, 2009

Justice ministry explains expert analysis council
June 5, 2009

Ukraine seeks its own patriarch
June 3, 2009

Russian TV airs dispute over justice council
June 2, 2009

Heads of church and government together
June 1, 2009

Conflict between Orthodox and Greek Catholics in Ukrainel
May 28, 2009

Pentecostals oppose justice ministry council
May 29, 2009

Court rules in Adventists' favor
May 29, 2009

Fear of Russian "inquisition" spreads across country
May 28, 2009

Pentecostals protest Orthodox diocese's hostility
May 27, 2009

Siberian evangelicals protest expert council
May 27, 2009

Baptists suffer property discrimination
May 26, 2009

Evangelicals protest Ministry of Justice council
May 26, 2009

Antisectarian conference in St. Petersburg
May 20, 2009

Justice council members threaten Pentecostals
May 12, 2009

Pope and patriarch could meet in Belarus
May 8, 2009

Ukrainian-Russian war of Moscow patriarchate
May 8, 2009

Council threatens to become organ of repression
May 5, 2009

Interfax links criticism of council with extremists
May 5, 2009

Adventists call for elimination of council
May 5, 2009

Baptist leader objects to justice council
May 4, 2009

US state commission calls Russia to dissolve council
May 1, 2009

New council recalls soviet era
April 29, 2009

Pentecostals fend off secret police
April 29, 2009

Cyber-attack on news media
April 24, 2009

Court rules in Pentecostals' favor
April 14, 2009

Sect-fighter retaliates
April 14, 2009

Sect-fighter heads Justice Ministry commission
April 13, 2009

Baptist leader pessimistic about religious freedom in Russia
April 7, 2009

Evangelicals accused of "sectarianism"
April 7, 2009

Patriarch Kirill takes charge
April 3, 2009

New regulations on foreign religious activity in Russia
March 3, 2009

Protestants restricted in former soviet republics
March 19, 2009

Jehovah's Witnesses under judicial attack
March 11, 2009

Far-Eastern rabbi thrown out of Russia
March 5, 2009

Methodist pastor vs. Orthodox priest
March 4, 2009

Russian judge approves prayers in schools
March 3, 2009

Religion injected in political campaign
March 3, 2009

Discrimination against non-Orthodox religions in land questions
February 25, 2009

Publisher of on-line news of religion harassed
March 2, 2009

Orthodox fight over church building in Ukraine
February 26, 2009

Sectarians resist medical treatment
February 13, 2009

Ukrainian authorities support nationalists
February 13, 2009

Religion injected into local political contest
February 13, 2009

American religious programs in Russian schools
February 6, 2009

Russian state leaders support patriarch
February 6, 2009

Armenian law threatens Jehovah's Witnesses
February 6, 2009

Kiev megachurch leader still under suspicion
February 5, 2009

Censored news site resumes work
January 30, 2009

Patriarchate handmaiden of Kremlin
January 29, 2009

New page in Russian history
January 29, 2009

Patriarch Kirill displays moderate side
January 29, 2009

Religious Web news source silenced
January 24, 2009

Patriarchal candidates announced
January 24, 2009

Election of new patriarch nears
January 24, 2009

Kiev evangelical preacher implicated in investment scheme?
January 23, 2009

Kirill favored for patriarch
January 22, 2009

More than quarter of votes for patriarch will come from Ukraine
January 17, 2009

Ukrainian church asks Moscow council for change of status
January 15, 2009

Influential laymen delegated to Orthodox council for electing patriarch
January 16, 2009

Russian patriarch to be elected by believers of many nations
January 13, 2009

Dukhobors migrate to Russia
January 12, 2009

Holy Synod suggests nominating three candidates for patriarch
January 12, 2009

40-Day memorial for Patriarch Alexis II
January 12, 2009

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