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Patriarch
berates Moscow clergy
December 23, 1998
Antisemitism
and Russian communist party
December 28, 1998
Legality
of church discipline challenged
December 19, 1998
Introducing
religious education provided by law difficult
December 16, 1998
Russian
Orthodox church advancing
December 25, 1998
Liberals
under fire
December 16, 1998
Russian
government resists antisemitism
December 21, 1998
Antisemitism
in Krasnodar
December 14, 1998
Russian
youth reject soviet antireligious stereotypes
1998
Altering
Orthodox relations with World Council
December 12, 1998
Liberals
puzzle over Witnesses' case
November 29, 1998
News
conference on religion freedom
December 10, 1998
Orthodox
puzzle over WCC connection
December 11, 1998
Orthodox
relations with WCC improving
December 4, 1998
American
paper reviews pressures on religion in Russia
November 30, 1998
Case
against Moon group suspended
December 3, 1998
Helsinki
Group on religious rights in Russia
November 25, 1998
Ukrainian
Catholics and Orthodox dispute building use
October 15, 1998
Jews
thank Orthodox for support
November 24, 1998
"Historic"
religions reregistered
November 27, 1998
Controversy
over Fr Kochetkov still festers
November 27, 1998
Leftists
condone antisemitism
November 24, 1998
Attorneys:
Witnesses trial infringes religious freedom
November 23, 1998
Uzbekistan
prosecutes Jehovah's Witnesses
November 26, 1998
Constitutional
Court takes case of religion law
November 19, 1998
Salvation
Army, others stymied by Russian officials
November 24, 1998
Church
tax privileges attacked
November 5/20, 1998
Witnesses
trial delayed
November 19, 1998
Conflict
between local and federal laws
November 18, 1998
Witnesses
trial resumes
November 18, 1998
British
press defends disciplined monk
October 17, 1998
Russian
antisemitism
November 16, 1998
Gleb
Yakunin hasn't disappeared
November 9, 1998
Russian
antisemitism
November 12, 1998
Religious
freedom in Moscow improving
November 10, 1998
Witnesses
case forebodes restrictions
November 10, 1998
Jehovah's
Witnesses trial
November 11, 1998
Nazis,
yes; Christians, no
November 7, 1998
Protestants
under threat
November 7, 1998
Sociologists
examine Orthodoxy
October, 1998
Mormons
detained on army base
October 22, 1998
Orthodox
tensions with World Council of Churches
October 27, 1998
Jehovah's
Witnesses trial
October 22, 1998
Trial
of Unification Church continued
October 20, 1998
Missionary
killed; suspect arrested
October 18, 1998
Execution
of constitutional court appeal of law on religion questioned
October 7, 1998
Patriarch
tries to give leadership in crisis
October 10, 1998
Prosecutor
obsessed with bringing down Witnesses
October 8, 1998
Patriarchate's
role in Witnesses case unclear
October 9, 1998
Patriarchate's
view on current problems
September 25, 1998
Patriarch
on contemporary church issues
October 3, 1998
Delay
in anti-sect case
October 3, 1998
Language
of liturgy discussed
September 25, 1998
Russian
Adventists legal
September 3, 1998
Witnesses
case adjourned
October 1, 1998
Witnesses
case opens
September 30, 1998
Court
action threatens religious freedom
September 29, 1998
Court
case against Unification Church group
September 28, 1998
Foreign
support for threatened Jehovah's Witnesses
September 28, 1998
Reports
about missionaries' visas mistaken
September 28, 1998
Round
table on Jehovah's Witnesses case
September 24, 1998
Monastic
priest dismissed from parish
September 24, 1998
Moscow
official tries to ban Jehovah's Witnesses
September 14, 1998
Foreign
concern about bookburning
June, 1998
Conservative
paper rebuts criticism of Russian church
June, 1998
Another
neopagan movement in Ukraine
September 2, 1998
Native
Russian sect revives
September 2, 1998
Patriarch
speaks about crisis
September 8, 1998
Anniversary
of Father Men's murder marked with dedication and bitterness
September 10, 1998
Orthodox
progressives are adamant
August, 1998
Orthodox
conservative sees conspiracy
July, 1998
Religious
pluralism in Russia
July 29, 1998
Interview
with Nikita Struve
July, 1998
Patriarchate
responds to criticism
August, 1998
Russian
journalist takes issue with funeral theory
August 29, 1998
Another
pregressive priest repressed
August 29, 1998
Gadfly
journalist harasses patriachate
July, 1998
Assassination
prolongs Wahhabi rebellion
August 27, 1998
Last
interview with slain Muslim leader
August 25, 1998
Terrorism
against Muslim leader
August 21, 1998
Orthodox
contend over church building
August 22, 1998
Threatened
Lutheran church moves forward
August 23, 1998
Patriarch
counsels future priests
August, 1998
Ukrainian
protestants defended by deputies
August 21, 1998
Government
helps protestant work with alienated youth
August 20, 1998
Conservative
paper repeats criticism of patriarchate
July, 1998
Ukrainian
Orthodox church advocates Russian-style law
July 1, 1998
Why
did patriarch skip funeral?
July 25, 1998
Religious
scene becoming more complex
June 20, 1998
Nature
sect in south Russia
June 20, 1998
Church
and international forces check Yeltsin's wish to be tsar?
August 5, 1998
Anti-Islamic
sentiments stronger
August 13, 1998
Baptist
union in Russia
August 12, 1998
New
statistics on religion in Ukraine
August 12, 1998
Local
authorities restrict Baptist activity
August 13, 1998
Uzbekistan's
restrictive religious policy
August 12, 1998
More
violent conflict over church property in Ukraine
August 1, 1998
Ukrainian
government threatens church
August 9, 1998
Church
wins over hotel business
August 11, 1998
600
nationally registered religious organizations
August 13, 1998
Officials
use law to make difficulties for non-Orthodox
August 11, 1998
Renowned
Orthodox scholar on state of Russian church
June, 1998
Judicial
harassment of Jehovah's Witnesses continues
August 11, 1998
Catholic
growth in south Russia
August 11, 1998
New
Uzbek restrictions on religion take effect
August 8, 1998
Politicians
and churchmen
August 7, 1998
Orthodox
theologian regrets Russian church's shortcomings
June 18, 1998
Cossack
violence against protestants
August 4, 1998
Bitter
relations between Ukrainian Orthodox and government
July 27, 1998
Impediments
against foreign missionaries
August 6, 1998
Scripture
distributors confront opposition
August 1, 1998
Luzhkov
demonstrates against antisemitism
July 22, 1998
Political
meaning of religion law
July 15, 1998
Patriarch
addresses nation about funeral
July 14, 1998
Tests
of constitutionality of religion law begun
July 25, 1998
Monk
disputes "evidence" against Fr Kochetkov
June 29, 1998
Disputes
among "totalitarian sectarians"
June 25, 1998
Patriarch
intervenes in Ekaterinburg dispute
July 15, 1998
Patriarchal
version of Ekaterinburg incident
July 15, 1998
Life
path of an Orthodox clergyman
June 29, 1998
Orthodox
theological education advances
July 29, 1998
Father
Kochetkov's enemies do not relent
July 12, 1998
City
continues to harass Pentecostals
July 2, 1998
Baptist
evangelism weak
July 8, 1998
Vatican
diplomacy in Russia
June 30, 1998
Response
on survival tactics
June 30, 1998
Patriarch
addresses church's role in contemporary issues
June 30, 1998
Second
thoughts on survival tactics
June 29, 1998
Romanov
leader explains stand on funeral
June 19, 1998
Attempts
to maintain Orthodox participation in WCC
June 26, 1998
Growing
intolerance and arbitrariness in church
June 16, 1998
Patriarch
speaks publicly about funeral
June 26, 1998
Prison
archive reveals new information about Patriarch Pimen
June 25, 1998
Uzbek
war on Islamic fundamentalism
June 25, 1998
Evicted
congregation finds home
June 25, 1998
Why
Ukrainian Orthodox think apocalyptically
June 17, 1998
Threat
to Unification Church association called off
June 25, 1998
Government
press conference on funeral
June 24, 1998
Political
exploitation of tsar's funeral flap
June 17, 1998
City
authorities patronize protestants
June 22, 1998
Pentecostal
guilty of violating freedom of conscience law
June 23, 1998
Summary
of book burning affair
June 17, 1998
Belarusian
court deals with "Moonie" case
June 23, 1998
Despite
pessimists, new ministry legally registered
June 23, 1998
Access
to prisons issue in Orthodox-protestant relations
June 21, 1998
Another
bishop explains funeral decision
June 19, 1998
Religious
education in schools
June 19, 1998
Western
liberal voice blasts Orthodox church
June 20, 1998
Catholics
await return of historic church building
June 19, 1998
Rank
and file Orthodox oppose funeral
June 17, 1998
Official
statistics of registered religious associations
January 1, 1998
Democratic
reformers' goal to fragment church
May 20, 1998
Media
frenzy on tsar burial controversy
June 18, 1998
Russian-French
connection
June 16, 1998
Additional
rules for implementing religion law
June 3(16), 1998
Catholics
and Jews denied worship buildings
June 14, 1998
Romanovs
will attend burial; Yeltsin will not
June 15, 1998
Buriatiia
president subsidizes church
June 11, 1998
Church,
mosque, synagogue to be built together
June 11, 1998
Book
burning signifies spiritual schism in church
June 12, 1998
Varied
western reactions to book burning
June 6, 1998
Press
reports about Romanovs contradictory
June 11, 1998
Orthodox
and Baptists talk, with reservations
June 10, 1998
Government
pressure on church unsuccessful
June 11, 1998
Metropolitan
explains church's position on tsar's burial
June 11, 1998
Conflicts
over Ukrainian parish churches continue
June 10, 1998
Synod
explains its position
June 10, 1998
Government
advisor criticizes synod's decision about tsar's funeral
June 10, 1998
Statistics
from Kazakhstan
June 9, 1998
Muslim
extremists thwarted in Central Asia
June 3, 1998
Moscow
mayor does not want tsar buried in Moscow
June 10, 1998
Patriarch's
eighth anniversary
June 10, 1998
Synod
reaffirms refusal over tsar's funeral
June 9, 1998
Government
asks church to participate in tsar's funeral
June 9, 1998
Dagestani
crisis fading
June 6, 1998
Interior
minister enlists Muslim clergy, police forces for peace
June 2, 1998
Despite
Clinton's conclusion, Russia denied aid
June 3, 1998
Over
one quarter of Russians antisemitic?
June 7, 1998
Islamic
threat in south Russia
May 31, 1998
Russians
2 to 1 against religion in schools
May 28, 1998
Young
churches register under aegis of older union
June 5, 1998
Local
saint recognized
June 4, 1998
Metropolitan
Kirill on current issues
June 3, 1998
Pentecostal
evangelism in south-central Siberia effective
June 4, 1998
Patriarchate
denies report of book burning
June 4, 1998
New
restrictive religion law in Uzbekistan
June 3, 1998
Conflict
among believers gets violent
June 4, 1998
Ukrainian
Orthodox refuse to pray with schismatics
May 26, 1998
Ukrainian
Orthodox splinter groups may unite
May 5, 1998
Christian
politics in Ukraine
May 24, 1998
Statistics
from Siberia
June 2, 1998
Search
for religious harmony in south Russia
June 3, 1998
Fallout
from Thessaloniki conference on ecumenism
May 19/June 2, 1998
Anniversary
of historic turning point
June 3, 1998
Nationalist
paper supports antiecumenist stand
May 21, 1998
Islamic
extremists not threat in Kyrgyzstan
June 1, 1998
Another
new religious building in Novosibirsk
June 2, 1998
Conscientious
objectors in Russia
June 2, 1998
Ukrainian
officials partial to deposed metropolitan
May, 1998
Ukrainian
theologians urge tact in identification system
May, 1998
Sympathy
for book-burning bishop
June 1, 1998
Religious
renaissance accompanied by conflict
June 1, 1998
Christians
caught in Uzbek religious conflict
June 1, 1998
Registration
of new Pentecostal union
May 29, 1998
Rights
defender, Orthodox priest greet Pentecostals
May 29, 1998
Regional
officials interpret law restrictively
May 29, 1998
Patriarch
rebuffs mediation, persists in curbing reformists
May 31, 1998
Reformists
attacked by reactionary bishop
May 29, 1998
Conscientious
objection law stalled
May 28, 1998
Old
Believers criticize religion law
May 20, 1998
Clinton:
Russia not discriminating against religions
May 26, 1998
Protestant
unions plan work
May 27, 1998
Interdenominational
procession planned
May 27, 1998
Support
for restored cathedral strong
May 26, 1998
Unification
Church wins case
May 26, 1998
Is
conscience free?
May 22, 1998
Moscow
church construction leads to conflict
May 26, 1998
Conflict
between center and provinces
May 25, 1998
Despite
pessimists, Mormons achieve legal status
May 15, 1998
Plans
for Nicholas' funeral finalized
May 20, 1998
Implementing
the law
Freedom
of conscience under scrutiny
May 22, 1998
Representatives
of diverse religions against terrorism
May 19, 1998
Public
hearings on royal relics
May 20, 1998
Islamists
in Central Asia
May 16, 1998
Father
Kochetkov accused of violating ban
May 19, 1998
Novosibirsk
gets another religious building
May 17, 1998
Nazi
tactics: blame Jews for persecution
May 16, 1998
Orthodox
church repudiates political role
May 16, 1998
Religious
proselytism in Russia
May, 1998
Reformist
priest commemorates AIDS victims
May 18, 1998
Protestantism
along south Volga
May 14, 1998
Foreign
missionary activity a political threat
May 13, 1998
Orthodox
church to take possession of treasure
May 15, 1998
Terrorism
against synagogues moves to Moscow
May 15, 1998
Royal
funeral under question
May 12, 1998
Buddhists
restoring communities
May 12, 1998
New
Belarussian Jewish center
May 12, 1998
Moscow
Ukrainian Orthodox rebuff competitors
May 12, 1998
KGB-style
tactics used on clergy
May 12, 1998
Protestant
higher education in FSU
May 12, 1998
Presbyterians
advance in Russia
May 13, 1998
Fear
of Islamic fundamentalism
April 3, 1998
Moscow
patriarchate threatens WCC
May 6, 1998
Orthodox
hold WCC at arms' length
May 5, 1998
Patriarch
and president confer
May 8, 1998
Russian
Muslims suffer soviet-style practices
May 5, 1998
More
protestants lose rental space
May 5, 1998
Divisions
within Orthodox church abroad
April 15, 1998
Implementation
of the law goes slowly
April 15, 1998
Disgraced
ex-Orthodox clergy continue troublemaking
May 2, 1998
Implementing
the law
Baptists
reregistered, restricted
May 4, 1998
Implementing
the law
Registering
religious organizations
April 15, 1998
Muscovite
Orthodox believer opposes canonization of last tsar
April 23, 1998
Clergyman
offended by pantyhose
April 24, 1998
Asauliakite
sect condemned
April 28, 1998
Implementing
the law
Protestants
suffer restrictions
April 29, 1998
Partial
statistics document religious growth
April 27, 1998
Easter
celebrations become routine public holiday
April 21, 1998
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April 30, 1998
Major
growth of Catholic administration in Russia
April 15, 1998
American
missionary expelled from Russia
April 18, 1998
American
conservatives sponsor critique of religion law
April 16, 1998
North
American scholar defends Father Kochetkov
March 2, 1998
Memorial
to atheism's victims
April 22, 1998
Separation
within Orthodoxy
April 1998
Official
statistics on religion in Russia
April 10, 1998
Riga
bombing mixed up with Russia-Latvia tensions
April 4, 1998
Implementing
the law
Presbyterians
denied registration
April 8, 1998
Synagogue
bombing in Latvia
April 2-8, 1998
Western
defense of religion law
February 20, 1998
Yakunin
law suit thrown out
March 18, 1998
Antisectarian
propaganda in Russian press
April 3, 1998
Kirienko-Scientology
link denied
April 2, 1998
Implementing
the law
Pentecostals
achieve reregistration
April 1, 1998
Implementing
the law
Ministry
of Justice issues temporary guidelines
December 24, 1997
Yeltsin
nominee has sect ties
March 31, 1998
Symbol
of atheist era exorcised
March 30, 1998
Lutheran
mission problems
March 27, 1998
State
support of church has potential for good or harm
March 29, 1998
Siberian
protestants criticized
March 30, 1998
American
religious broadcasting in Russia
March 27, 1998
Orthodox
favored in state support of charitable work
March 27, 1998
Hasty
burial of tsar criticized
March 26, 1998
Controversy
over Mormon abduction
March 23, 1998
Ukraine
leader wants Orthodox unified
March 21, 1998
Emperor
Paul remembered
March 23, 1998
Mormon
hostages released
March 23, 1998
Patriarch
repeats his positions
March 18, 1998
Two
Mormons kidnapped in Samara
March 20, 1998
Defense
of ecumenical activity
March 18, 1998
Protestant
affiliations move forward
March 16, 1998
Doubts
about ecumenical activity
March 12, 1998
Extreme
punishment of Filaret of Kiev
March 9, 1998
Hostility
to foreign missions in FSU
March 7, 1998
Patriarch
marks "Triumph of Orthodoxy"
March 13, 1998
Religion
law not operating
March 11, 1998
Lutheran
mission still harassed
March 11, 1998
Three
quarters of a million Russian Pentecostals
March 7, 1998
Official
defines "church's interests"
February 18, 1998
Antiecumenism
in Sergiev Posad
February 18, 1998
Shamanist
session interrupted in Siberia
March 3, 1998
Ritual
murder theory of tsar's death refuted
March 3, 1998
Bitter
inter-religious polemics
March 2, 1998
Ukraine
has dozen satanist groups
February 27, 1998
Kochetkov
supporter asks for reconciliation
February 27, 1998
Holy
Synod balks at tsar's burial
February 26, 1998
Soviet-style
newspaper attack on protestants
February 21, 1998
Former
communist courts protestants
February 21, 1998
Unification
Church replies to critical story
February 23, 1998
Conservatives
hound Russia over law
February 21, 1998
Russian
customs interferes with protestant humanitarian aid mission
February 15, 1998
Soviet-era-like
samizdat defends religious rights
February 17, 1998
Religion law has not created problems
Monarchists
propose constitution change
February 18, 1998
Nontraditional
religion in south Russia
February 17, 1998
Implementing
new religion law: registration
February 17, 1998
Leaders
of patriarchate and emigre Orthodox agree on tsar's relics
February 12, 1998
Implementing
the religion law: Regulations on foreign religious organizations
February 12, 1998
Implementing
the religion law
February 12, 1998
Baptist
sees soviet-style persecution
January 27, 1998
Governor
opposed Yeltsin on tsar's burial
February 6, 1998
Ecumenism
threatens Orthodox schism
February 6, 1998
Date
of tsar's burial may be problem
February 6, 1998
Siberian
official calls Baptists to observe law
February 3, 1998
Lutheran
mission prospering
February 3, 1998
Orthodox
public organization formed
February 2, 1998
Interconfessional
cooperation in Siberia
January 26, 1998
Protestants
lose meeting place
January 26, 1998
Protestant
growth in Siberia
January 24, 1998
Religious
restrictions in Uzbekistan
January 28, 1998
Identification
of tsar's remains questioned
January 27, 1998
Opposition
to tsar's funeral
January 26, 1998
Attorney
critiques religion law
January, 1998
Conservative
paper attacks liberals
January 21, 1998
Orthodox
prison ministry
January 21, 1998
Orthodox
criticize NATO expansion
January 22, 1998
Officials
punish missionaries
January 20, 1998
Jehovah's
Witnesses growing
January 20, 1998
Scientist
questions identification of tsar's remains
January 19, 1998
Metropolitan
versus congressmen
January 16, 1998
Moldovan
church dispute
January 15, 1998
Yeltsin's
meeting with pope problematic
January 14, 1998
American
investigation of religion law
January 12, 1998
Survey
of Russians' religion
January 15, 1998
Tomsk
diocese troubles
January 13, 1998
True
Orthodox Christians in Ukraine
January 13, 1998
St.
Petersburg proposal for tsar's burial
January 13, 1998
International
consultation on religion law
January 13, 1998
Statistics
of Russian Orthodox church
December 1997
Ecumenical
missionary work
7 January 1998
Alternative
service law stalled
4 January 1998
Metropolitan
answers tough questions
1 January 1998
Yeltsin's
greetings for Orthodox Christmas
6 January 1998
Regional
officials try to improve relations with protestants
6 January 1998
Orthodox
in Jewish region help homeless
3 January 1998
TV
news program spotlights diocesan problems
2 January 1998
Patriarchal
Christmas message
5 January 1998
Orthodox
university in Moscow
4 January 1998
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