Recent
News Items
1999 News Items
New
synagogue in Moscow
December 11, 1999
Moscow
mayor addresses Jewish congress
December 15, 1999
Anti-Islamic
atmosphere in Moscow
December 22, 1999
Leaders
of Orthodox countries to Holy Land
December 31, 1999
Church
represented in governmental changes
December 31, 1999
Church
leaders bless candidate for governor
December 28, 1999
Varieties
of Russian Buddhism
December 08, 1999
Orthodox
congress on evangelism
December 08, 1999
Religious
rights more honored than others
December 22, 1999
Holiday
celebrations
December 29, 1999
Moscow
parish conflict
December 27, 1999
Estonian
Orthodox church controversy continues
December 24, 1999
Patriarch's
political strategy
December 20, 1999
Exhaustive
report on antisemitism released
December 15, 1999
Religion
invades political sphere despite prohibitions
December 16, 1999
Constitutional
Court decision positive but incomplete
December 8, 1999
Newspaper
delivers long rebuttal to Jehovah's Witnesses defense
December 15, 1999
Jehovah's
Witness responds to press criticism
December 15, 1999
Jehovah's
Witnesses mark bitter anniversary
December 14, 1999
Fr
Kochetkov introduced to public
December 10, 1999
Fr
Kochetkov lumped with foreign sects
December 8, 1999
Interview
with Fr Georgy Kochetkov
December 10, 1999
Metropolitan
Kirill's antiliberalism still bone of contention
December 8, 1999
Full
text of Constitutional Court decision on religion law
November 23, 1999
Muslim
leaders denounce former chief mufti
November 24, 1999
Constitutional
Court takes middle ground
November 24, 1999
Court
gives mixed ruling on religion law
November 23, 1999
Court
ruling on religion law awaited
November 22, 1999
Patriarch
honors progressive priest
November 10, 1999
Fr
Kochetkov's nemesis opposes lifting ban
November 10, 1999
Church
outside political struggle
November 10, 1999
Patriarch
supports Russian warmaking
November 13, 1999
Moon
student group wins case
November 10, 1999
Fr
Georgy Kochetkov still under ban
November 3, 1999
Mother
complains about Jehovah's Witness daughter
October 21, 1999
Election
of Armenian catholicos
October 27, 1999
Belorussian
church celebrates ten years
October 29, 1999
New
saints in Belorussian church
October 29, 1999
Jehovah's
Witnesses victims of Georgian politics
October 27, 1999
President's
council on religions meets
October 27, 1999
Georgian
protestants targeted
October 23, 1999
Unregistered
Baptists targeted
October 21, 1999
Fundamentalists
in Orthodox church
October 6, 1999
Illegal
actions against protestants in Azerbaijan
October 18, 1999
Majority
of religious organizations still not reregistered
October 22, 1999
Keston
director on religious freedom in Russia
October 6, 1999
National
newspaper takes up Deacon Morozov case
October 6, 1999
Jewish
celebration recalls soviet times
October 1 1999
Patriarch
has pope on hold
September, 29 1999
Raisa
Gorbachev has civil, private, and church rites
September, 24 1999
Orthodox
deacon found guilty in civil court
September, 1999
Antisemitism:
Blame the victim psychology
September 18, 1999
Interview
with well-known clergyman
September 15, 1999
Church
employee to run for duma seat
September 10, 1999
Vladimir
icon removed from church
September 16, 1999
Religious
leaders respond to wave of violence
September 17, 1999
Fears
of satanist violence in Moscow
September 6-7, 1999
State
Department notes restrictions on religion in FSU
September 9, 1999
Azerbaijani
police disrupt Baptist service
September 9, 1999
Islamic
dimension of Russian conflicts
September 8, 1999
Ekaterinburg
diocese slowly recovering
September 1, 1999
Dangers
of religious naivete
September 1, 1999
Moscow
patriarch prepares new administration for Japanese church
September 2, 1999
Followers
of Fr Kochetkov beg for dialogue
August 23, 1999
Church
critic delivers bitter indictment of Holy Synod
August 20, 1999
Analysis
of North Caucasus conflict
August 21, 1999
Newspaper
attacks American missionaries in Tver
August 17, 1999
Patriarch
offers new government cooperation
August 17, 1999
Muslim
rebels disagree on religion, goals
August 14, 1999
Study
finds antisemitism growing
August 15, 1999
Patriarch
comments on political process
August 14, 1999
Bishop
bans official from churches
July 27, 1999
Central
Russian newspaper reports Uzbek persection of protestants
August 10, 1999
Local
initiative in canonization unwelcome
August 7, 1999
Antisemitism
expected to increase before elections
August 13, 1999
Brotherhood
founded by Fr Georgy Kochetkov marks tenth anniversary
August 13, 1999
New
local Orthodox saint recognized
August 7, 1999
Patriarch
concerned about new Bible translations
August 11, 1999
New
vicar bishop installed in Moscow diocese
August 10, 1999
Russia's
Catholic bishops meet
August 6, 1999
Civil
rights action against antisemitism
August 4, 1999
Congregation
preserves ancient Russian tradition
August 3, 1999
Nikon's
replacement assumes post
August 3, 1999
Baptist
evangelist sentenced in Turkmenistan
August 5, 1999
Popularity
of satanism among alienated youth
July 31, 1999
Yeltsin
seconds patriarch's suggestion about Lenin's body
August 1, 1999
Protestants,
Jews get asylum on false pretenses
August 1, 1999
Jews
forced to self-defense measures
July 31, 1999
Sotnikova's
dealings compromise patriarch
July 17, 1999
Patriarchate's
antiliberalism
July 15, 1999
Protestant
work in army criticized
July 20, 1999
Catholic
activity in Russia
July 29, 1999
Cynicism
of extreme Russian nationalists
July 23, 1999
Former
antireligious museum pressed to move
July 27, 1999
Russian
Orthodox bishop in Europe dies
July 30, 1999
Politicians
encourage antisemitic mood
July 29, 1999
Gratitude,
anger in aftermath of synagogue bomb find
July 27, 1999
Patriarch
appeals for official action on kidnappings
July 28, 1999
Magadan
Pentecostals protected by courts
July 7/26, 1999
Only
Orthodox priest in Cechnia kidnapped
July 26, 1999
Provincial
government invades religious space, criticizes sect
July 9, 1999
Metropolitan
Kirill's antiliberalism criticized
July 8, 1999
Small
victory for Unification Church in St. Petersburg
July 24, 1999
Uzbekistan
uses drug charges to jail Christians
July 23, 1999
Conflict
between hospital and Jehovah's Witnesses
July 6, 1999
Church
council overdue
July 22, 1999
Orthodox
priest murdered
July 21, 1999
Removal
of Bishop Nikon of Ekaterinburg
July 21, 1999
Frequent
critic of Orthodox church explores conflict between patriarch and Metropolitan
Kirill
July 16, 1999
Holy
Synod removes Nikon from bishopric; decides to decide on tsar's canonization
July 20, 1999
Provincial
regulation of missionaries
July 7, 1999
Talk
of tsar's canonization revived
July 19, 1999
Orthodox
priest murdered, church burned
July 19, 1999
Protestants
claim harassment in Ekaterinburg
July 17, 1999
Communist
claims religion law violates constitution
July 7, 1999
Bishop
Nikon's accusers meet with patriarchal administrator
July 8, 1999
Religion
and the state in Ukraine
July 8, 1999
Jewish
cultural leader's assailant interviewed
July 15, 1999
Another
interview with Polosin
June 26, 1999
Jehovah's
Witnesses under attack in FSU states
July 7, 1999
CSCE
finds mixed record on religious rights in Central Asia
May, 1999
Dispute
about Russian governor's conversion to Orthodoxy
July 13, 1999
Orthodox
accuse Witnesses, Adventists, and Hare Krishnas of illegality
July 14, 1999
Ekaterinburg
conflict continues
July 7, 1999
Moscow
patriarchate condemns attack on Jewish leader
July 14, 1999
Ukrainian
churches face distinctive problems
July 1, 1999
Russian
court case against Scientology
July 8, 1999
Uzbekistan
restricts religious liberty
July 9, 1999
Armenian
church elects acting catholicos
July 12, 1999
Director
of Jewish Cultural Center in serious condition after attack
July 13, 1999
Ekaterinburg
conflict goes to criminal court
July 8, 1999
Adventists
produce new Russian Bible
July 9, 1999
American
Episcopal leaders visit Moscow patriarchate
July 8, 1999
Promising
future for Jewish culture
July 11, 1999
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Items
Last updated July 15, 1999
Witnesses
lose appeal
June 28, 1999
Witnesses'
appeal to be heard Monday
June 24, 1999
Liberal
journalist reviews Witnesses' case
June 15, 1999
Vissarion
sect in Siberia
June 4, 1999
Ukrainians
want their Russian church
June 3, 1999
Orthodox
Church in America in Moscow
June 12, 1999
Troubles
for Jehovah's Witnesses
June 10, 1999
Church
and state planning Y2K together
June 2, 1999
Debate
over Christian politics in Ukraine
June 8, 1999
Polosin's
conversion to Islam
June 8, 1999
Muslims
complain of discrimination
June 2, 1999
Salvation
Army grows in Russia
June 7, 1999
Orthodox
and Old Believer representatives meet
June 4, 1999
Orthodox
and Muslim representatives meet
June 7, 1999
Complex
Ekaterinburg conflict continues to make news
June 2, 1999
Procedures
for recording existence of religious group
June 2, 1999
Lawmaker
renounces Orthodoxy, ordination
June 2, 1999
Catholic
difficulties in south Russia
June 3, 1999
Jesuit
difficulties explained
June 2, 1999
Orthodox
saints
May 11, 1999
Russian
voters separate religion and politics
May 31, 1999
Pentecostals
win court case
May 27, 1999
Ekaterinburg
Bishop Nikon defended
May 12, 1999
Jehovah's
Witnesses charged with proselytism in Uzbekistan
May 28, 1999
Jesuits
face obstacles in Russia
April 25 1999
Catholic
expansion in Siberia
May 18, 1999
Synod's
dilemma over Ekaterinburg bishop
May 18, 1999
Weakness
of Orthodox political influence
May 6, 1999
Fr
Kochetkov's work continues despite opposition
May 3, 1999
Church
conflict in Ukraine abating
April 7, 1999
Patriarch
continues peacemaking
May 15, 1999
Complex
background of Ekaterinburg conflict
April 29, 1999
Moscow
government grants property to church
May 10, 1999
Ekaterinburg
controversy hits secular press
May 13, 1999
Patriarch
leaves accident
May 9, 1999
Ekaterinburg
Orthodox protest against bishop
May 8, 1999
Jehovah's
Witnesses win legal recognition
May 6, 1999
Antisemitic
violence in Moscow
May 2, 1999
Political
activity of Russian sects
April 30, 1999
Ekaterinburg
clergy condemn their bishop
April 20, 1999
Book
burning confirmed
April 6, 1999
Fr
Borisov's parish in Moscow
April 5, 1999
Registration
of Russian religions goes slowly
April 1, 1999
Court-appointed
committee studies Jehovah's Witnesses
April 1, 1999
Anti-Christian
violence in Caucasus
March 31, 1999
Holy
Synod of Orthodox church meets
April 1, 1999
Moscow
patriarchate's peace campaign continues
April 1, 1999
Orthodox
solidarity for Yugoslavia
March 30, 1999
Russian
priests taken hostage in Caucasus
March 29, 1999
Orthodox
church and AIDS
March 1, 1999
Orthodox
journalist accepts church's shortcomings
March 18, 1999
Beleaguered
official attacks antisemite
March 27, 1999
Moscow
prosecutor prepares religious hostility case
March 5, 1999
Peace
campaign of Moscow patriarchate
March 26, 1999
Patriarch
calls NATO actions sin
March 25, 1999
Moscow
court defends sects against anti-sect committee
March 25, 1999
Patriarch
opposes NATO strikes in Kosovo
March 24, 1999
Sect-police
standoff in St. Petersburg ended
March 10, 1999
Antisemitism
remains in press focus
March 8-9, 1999
Protestant
gains and losses in early March
March 4, 1999
Can
Orthodox beliver be democratic standard-bearer?
March 3, 1999
Siberian
Pentecostals disavowed by federal unions
March 3 and 5, 1999
Religion
law used to outlaw sect
March 3, 1999
Police-sectarian
standoffs in Siberia
March 3, 1999
Public
authority of Alexis II
Alexis
II holds press conference
March 3, 1999
Bookburning
bishop disciplines renegade priest
March 3, 1999
Ukrainian
identification system still troublesome
March 3, 1999
Witnesses'
trial intensifies as end nears
March 3, 1999
Another
explanation of Dukhobors' move
March 1, 1999
Orthodox
conference indicts cometitors
January, 1999
Russian
police harass sectarians
March, 1999
Antisemitism
in Russia lacks popular support
March, 1999
Pentecostals
protest in east
March 2, 1999
Prominent
Orthodox writer criticized for antisemitism
February 25, 1999
Patriarch's
birthday reflections
February 17, 1999
US
State department reports on rights in Russia
February 26, 1999
State
honor for patriarch
February 22, 1999
Human
rights paper reviews Witnesses trial
February 15, 1999
Lutherans
win court case
February 13, 1999
Georgia
helps Dukhobors
February 10, 1999
Pentecostals
want to emigrate
February 19, 1999
Sects
signify weakness of Orthodox church
January 29, 1999
Patriarch
defends religion law again
February 18, 1999
Witnesses
trial delayed again
February 18, 1999
Witnesses
trial not about faith; its about taxes
February 17, 1999
Defense
calls charges against Jehovah's Witnesses stale repeats
February 16, 1999
Accusation
of patriarch revived
February 13, 1999
Russian
Maslenitsa begins
February 15, 1999
Resumption
of Witnesses trial awaited
February 15, 1999
Orthodox
conference on sects
January, 1999
Liberal
writer sets Witnesses trial context, criticizes intolerance
January 10, 1999
Prosecutor
delays Witnesses trial
February 12, 1999
Witnesses
trial on hold
February 12, 1999
Judge
in Witnesses trial rules against prosecution
February 11, 1999
Russian
Methodists legal
February 9, 1999
Sect
connection to suicides explored
February 10, 1999
Prosecutor:
Witnesses sow discord
February 10, 1999
Witnesses
trial resumes
February 9, 1999
Fascists
exploit Orthodox language
February 3, 1999
Paper
surveys, calls for police action against sects
January 29, 1999
Uzbekistan
persecutes Muslims more than Christians
February 3, 1999
Jehovah's
Witnesses trial to resume
February 4, 1999
Moscow
patriarchate complains about media coverage
January 28, 1999
Writer
predicts coming of Orthodox military regime
January 19, 1999
Dukhobors
move from Georgia
January 27, 1999
Yakunin
needles patriarchate on aid
January 29, 1999
Prosecutor
moves against Makashov
January 28, 1999
Communist
government in Ukraine restricts Catholics
January 11, 1999
London
paper reviews gossip about church
January 17, 1999
ROC
suspension of WCC activity clarified
January 15, 1999
Catholic
presence in Siberia
January 15, 1999
Pentecostals
troubled in Far East
January 14, 1999
Theatre
gives patriarch platform
January 12, 1999
Why
"Island of Hope" has problems
December 24, 1998
State
and religion ties
January 6, 1999
Moscow
needs shelters
December 7, 1998
Christian
charity hounded by Moscow administration
December 26, 1998
Religious
discrimination in Russian region
December 27, 1998
Orthodox
reporter ponders Pentecostals
December 16, 1998
Patriarch's
Christmas message
January 5, 1999
Moscow
paper publishes patriarch's views
December 27, 1998
Democrats
against antisemitism
December 21, 1998
Antisemitism
may be benign symptom
December 31, 1998
Orthodoxy,
Judaism, Islam, Buddhism organize joint body
December 23, 1998
ROC-WCC
relations in suspense
December 29, 1998
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