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Religion
not influential political factor
December 17, 2003
Patriarch
addresses Moscow mayor's inauguration
December 17, 2003
Moscow
Methodist church building stolen from congregation
December 16, 2003
Putin
brings together divided Orthodox churches
December 16, 2003
Religion
leaders still want religion classes in schools
December 05, 2003
Members
in new duma still want Orthodox culture class
December 11, 2003
ROCOR
conference assesses church in soviet times
December 11, 2003
Pentecostals
mark jubilee
December 12, 2003
RETRACTION
December 12, 2003
Religious
leaders taking prominent role in reuniting former soviet republics
November 27, 2003
Unprecedented
meeting of Putin with national religious leaders
November 27, 2003
Will
new Georgian leaders privilege Orthodoxy?
November 26, 2003
Church
leaders confront Caucasus crisis
November 26, 2003
Rival
Russian Orthodox churches confer
November 21, 2003
Orthodox
ambivalent on western Christians
November 20, 2003
Moscow
patriarchate rejects American gay bishop
November 17, 2003
Metropolitan
Kirill discusses spectrum of church issues
October 22, 2003
No
Catholic proselytism in Russia
November 6, 2003
Pope
wants Orthodox consent for Russian visit
November 6, 2003
Pope
shows Putin Kazan icon
November 6, 2003
Sects
are "weapons of mass destruction"
October 29, 2003
Charge
against Jews repudiated
October 17, 2003
Religious
freedom limited in Azerbaijan
October 6, 2003
Metropolitan
Kirill did not foresee papal visit to Russia
October 6, 2003
Synod
revisits taxpayer identification
October 7, 2003
Synod
punishes priest who married gays
October 7, 2003
Catholic
archbishop reaches out to Orthodox
October 6, 2003
Breakaway
Ukrainian Orthodox parish switches affiliation
October 6, 2003
Breakaway
Armenian churches lose in Moscow court
October 6, 2003
Orthodox
priest sees danger in Adventist diet
October 3, 2003
Rights
group protests increasing intolerance against protestants
October 2, 2003
Georgian
Orthodox church derails agreement between Georgia and Vatican
September 19, 2003
Orthodox
spokesman seeks defense of believersÕ feelings
September 19, 2003
Armenia
needs conscientious objection law
September 19, 2003
Rostov
protestant organization examined
September 11, 2003
Voronezh
protestants seek explanation of restrictions
September 12, 2003
Threat
against gay couple denied
September 10, 2003
Conflicting
versions of "gay wedding"
September 6, 2003
American
divinity student's case placed on appeal
September 2, 2003
Putin
pursues his Islamic initiative
September 4, 2003
Evangelicals
physically injured by police brutality
September 5, 2003
Gay
couple offered political asylum
September 4, 2003
Orthodox
priest banned for same sex wedding
September 4, 2003
Artists
under investigation
September 2, 2003
Voronezh
Pentecostals arrested
September 1, 2003
Jehovah's
Witnesses lose rental agreements
September 1, 2003
Opposition
to religious groups on school property
August 29, 2003
Church
helps prepare textbook on family history
September 1, 2003
Moscow
rejects Orthodoxy as a school subject
August 29, 2003
Orthodox
textbook case hits snag
August 29, 2003
American
missionary victim of corrupt bureaucracy
August 22, 2003
Appeals
planned for American
August 25, 2003
American
Baptist found guilty of smuggling
August 22, 2003
Exhibit
vandals threaten ballet
August 21, 2003
Civil
rights group wants higher court of review pogrom decision
August 20, 2003
Critic
of Orthodox culture book persists
August 20, 2003
Sharp
differences over freedom of artists
August 20, 2003
Muslim
clergy engage in politics
August 18, 2003
American
missionary's case goes to court
August 18, 2003
Conservative
scholar attacks critic of Orthodox culture course
August 5, 2003
Moscow
advertisements offend Jews
August 13, 2003
Rules
on teaching religion in schools designed to keep new religions out
August 14, 2003
Plans
for teaching religion in schools evolve
August 15, 2003
Non-Orthodox
concerned about allowing extracurricular religious teaching
August 15, 2003
International
protest over desecration of Jewish graves
August 13, 2003
Armenian
Christians object to social security identification system
August 15, 2003
Old
Russian sectarians maintain traditions
August 15, 2003
Russia
moves forward in courtship of "Islamic UN"
August 15, 2003
Reveling
paratroopers attack Muslims
August 6, 2003
Privileged
religions may use school property
August 13, 2003
Orthodox
church wins building dispute with military
August 14, 2003
Break-in
at Orthodox church
August 14, 2003
Government
decree on extracurricular teaching of religion in schools published
August 13, 2003
Non-Orthodox
religions face problems building churches in European Russia
August 12, 2003
International
religious gatherings in former soviet states
August 10, 2003
Court
releases Orthodox art destroyers
August 12, 2003
Pope
will not fly over Russia this year
August 8, 2003
Critic
of Orthodox culture text again attacked
August 11, 2003
Construction
of non-Orthodox churches in Far East opposed
August 8, 2003
Report
on Moscow Jehovah's Witnesses case
August 11, 2003
Doubts
about Russia's joining Muslim conference
August 8, 2003
Prospects
for Russia joining international Muslim league
August 5, 2003
Ukrainian
provincial government prepares to confiscate church from alternative Orthodox
August 8, 2003
Justice
ministry outlines action against foreign extremists
August 8, 2003
Helsinki
movement conducts anti-Orthodox campaign
August 6, 2003
Fires
in alternative Orthodoxy buildings
August 7, 2003
Jehovah's
Witnesses assemble in Kiev
August 7, 2003
"A
bishop who is not power-seeking but one who seeks to serve"
August 5, 2003
Helsinki
groups review conditions of freedom
August 6, 2003
Rights
defense attorney decries intolerance in Russia
August 6, 2003
Russian
protestants refused permission for Jesus March
August 6, 2003
Violations
of religious freedom increased in 2002
August 5, 2003
Teacher's
religion lessons upset Ukrainian Orthodox parents
August 4, 2003
Orthodox
after-school programs in schools
August 4, 2003
Far
East territory moves on Orthodox culture class
August 4, 2003
Putin
cool to Orthodox church because of problems of pope's visit?
July 31, 2003
State-church
cooperation no threat to freedom
July 28, 2003
New
translations of scripture in Russia
August 1, 2003
Putin
reserved in relations with church
August 1, 2003
Official
response to Georgian critics of patriarchal Orthodox church
August 1, 2003
Georgian
critics of patriarchal Orthodox church
July 30, 2003
Celebration
of centennial of St. Sergius
July 31, 2003
Church-state
holiday honors Orthodox saint
July 30, 2003
Ministry
of Education plans Orthodox culture curriculum
July 25, 2003
Supporters
of Orthodox culture text attack expert analyst
July 28, 2003
Alternative
Orthodoxy creates new bishop
July 23, 2003
Proposed
law on church-state cooperation
July 23, 2003
Church
dynamited by Khrushchev to rise again
July 23, 2003
Religious
situation
in Latvia
July 21, 2003
Honor
for first Latvian martyr-saint
July 21, 2003
Patriarch
and president to demonstrate relationship of church and state
July 21, 2003
Time
of pope's visit to Russian airspace nears
July 21, 2003
Author
of Orthodox culture text strikes back
June 6, 2003
Review
of media coverage of teaching Orthodox culture
July 18, 2003
Orthodox
resistance interrupts preaching of cult leader
July 18, 2003
Orthodox
textbook case
July 18, 2003
Emperor
Nicholas center of attention on anniversary of murder
July 17, 2003
Whom
does Russian president consider "basic confessions" of Russia?
July 16, 2003
Belorussian
protestants note increase of restrictions
July 16, 2003
Judge
rules against defenders of Orthodox culture textbook
July 16, 2003
Patriarch
well enough to travel outside Moscow
July 16, 2003
Tsar's
memorial church consecrated
July 16, 2003
Sorting
out Alternative Orthodoxy
July 16, 2003
Authenticity
of Alternative Orthodox council refuted
July 16, 2003
Supporters
of Orthodox culture textbook continue campaign against critics
July 15, 2003
Belorussian
protestants protest propaganda against them
July 15, 2003
Moscow
patriarchate does not acknowledge ordination of alternative Orthodox clergy
July 15, 2003
Lutheran
evangelistic activity faces troubles
July 10, 2003
Adventists
have problems and successes
July 14, 2003
Police
harass Orthodox clergy in Ekaterinburg
July 14, 2003
Tsarist
memorial church readied for consecration
July 11, 2003
Cult
leader resumes activity in Voronezh
July 11, 2003
Armenian
Jehovah's Witness conscientious objector convicted
July 11, 2003
Jehovah's
Witnesses in states of CIS
July 9, 2003
World
Council of Churches tries to mend relations with Russian Orthodox
July 9, 2003
Russian
Orthodox Church in Exile appoints bishops for Russia
July 10, 2003
Patriarch
not well enough to attend consecration of tsarist memorial
July 10, 2003
Ekaterinburg
Orthodox priests combat American Baptist missionaries
July 9, 2003
Orthodox
church influential in society but needs to win hearts
July 8, 2003
Moscow
Methodists try to protect their church building
July 7, 2003
Russian
president says radical changes needed to end terrorism
July 8, 2003
Conflicts
of early soviet days recalled
July 8, 2003
Ukrainian
schools prepare Orthodox culture teachers
July 8, 2003
Patriarch
Filaret leads ecumenical activities of Ukrainians in America
July 7, 2003
Various
religious figures condemn Moscow suicide bombings
July 7, 2003
Ukrainian
Greek Catholic cardinal could move to Kiev
July 4, 2003
Religious
toleration in Georgia
July 4, 2003
Opening
of memorial church for tsar's family attended by controversy
July 4, 2003
Government
secretly helped develop Muslim education
July 3, 2003
Orthodox
church still expects Vatican to concede
July 4, 2003
Jehovah's
Witnesses face possible danger in Ukraine
July 3, 2003
Opponent
of Orthodox culture textbook fears breakup of Russia
July 3, 2003
Calls
for arrest and prosecution of critics of Orthodox culture text
June 30, 2003
Radio
Liberty airs controversy on Orthodox culture text
June 7, 2003
Pentecostal
leader denounces critics of Orthodox culture text
July 1, 2003
Famous
television figure insults Orthodox church
June 23, 2003
Russian
Catholic bishops meet
July 1, 2003
Orthodox
culture text must be "obscurantist"
June 18, 2003
Does
Orthodox culture text say Jews crucified Christ?
June 27, 2003
Rights
advocates dispute about books
June 27, 2003
Rights
advocates petition Ministry of Education to ban Orthodox culture textbook
June 26, 2003
Belorussian
Baptists refuse state reregistration
June 25, 2003
Ukraine
considering amendments to religion law
June 25, 2003
Putin
expects improvement in relations between Orthodox and Catholics
June 25, 2003
Looking
toward military chaplains in Russia
June 25, 2003
Okhotin
case takes on life of its own
June 23, 2003
Concordat
between Orthodox church and Belorussian government
June 12, 2003
Measures
of religiosity of Russians
June 23, 2003
Belorussian
police raid Pentecostal's residence
June 23, 2003
Legislature
seeks solution to church land problems
June 23, 2003
Church
and state combine to train teachers of Orthodox culture
June 23, 2003
Moscow
prosecutor defends Orthodox culture book
June 16, 2003
Forum
of world religions planned
June 20, 2003
American
uproar over detained missionary continues
June 21, 2003
Leaders
discuss changes in laws on religion
June 20, 2003
Orthodox-Jewish
conflict in Voronezh
June 19, 2003
Patriarchate
shuns dialogue with pope
June 16, 2003
Jewish
leader meets with Kazakh president
June 17, 2003
Georgian
prosecutor alleged to be Jehovah's Witness
June 19, 2003
Debate
over American Baptist in Moscow continues
June 18, 2003
American
missionary harassed at Moscow airport
June 17, 2003
Ukrainian
Orthodox bishops in dispute
June 18, 2003
Jehovah's
Witnesses in east-central Russia, active and restricted
June 17, 2003
Attacks
on Georgian protestants
June 17, 2003
Patriarch
plans to resume activity
May 28, 2003
Officials
honor Russian saint
May 27, 2003
Catholic
church in St. Petersburg
May 27, 2003
Vatican
criticizes Orthodox fortress mentality
May 27, 2003
Textbook
misrepresents Pentecostals
May 27, 2003
New
association of Orthodox Judaism created in Moscow
May 27, 2003
Moscow
continues harassment of Jehovah's Witnesses
May 23, 2003
Patriarch
under control of confidantes
May 21, 2003
Orthodox
sect fighter interviewed
May 23, 2003
Russian
internal ministry resumes fight against Muslim head scarves in passports
May 23, 2003
Muslim
journalists unite
May 22, 2003
Patriarch
recovering
May 22, 2003
Duma
set to prohibit public evangelistic activity
May 22, 2003
Case
against Orthodox textbook continued
May 22, 2003
Personnel
changes increased church's power
May 21, 2003
Institute
founded by followers of Fr Alexander Men continues
May 22, 2003
Competition
for patriarchal succession
May 20, 2003
Patriarch's
health declines
May 21, 2003
Kremlin
chooses new Muslim favorite
May 21, 2003
Diverse
religious population of Kazakhstan
May 20, 2003
Public
opinion against church owning land
May 20, 2003
Patriarch's
health will not lead to retirement
May 20, 2003
Patriarchate
loses hope of dialogue with Vatican
May 20, 2003
Orthodox
leaders shun pope's generosity
May 20, 2003
Catholic-Orthodox
conflict in Kazakhstan
May 19, 2003
Protestants
want prison chaplaincy
May 15, 2003
Muslim
rights confirmed by supreme court
May 15, 2003
Sergius
as candidate for patriarch
May 13, 2003
Analysis
of groupings within Orthodox episcopate
May 12, 2003
Modern
Russian cult still active
May 12, 2003
Patriarchate
on succession politics
May 13, 2003
Putin
tries to open path for pope
May 13, 2003
Orthodox
church politics
May 12, 2003
Putin
nudges patriarch on relations with Vatican
May 12, 2003
Salvation
Army saved in Moscow
April 18, 2003
Moscow
Jehovah's Witnesses go back to court
May 12, 2003
Dispute
among Muslim leaders intensifies
May 10, 2003
Reorganization
of Orthodox church
May 9, 2003
Italian
prime minister intercedes for pope
May 8, 2003
Prosecutor
defends Orthodox textbook
May 8, 2003
Metropolitan
Kirill assailed by old nemesis
May 8, 2003
Justice
ministry statistics on Russian religious organizations
May 7, 2003
Teaching
religion in schools of Muslim republic
May 6, 2003
Son
of slain Orthodox priest oversees Moscow religious activity
May 5, 2003
Patriarchate
repeats opposition to pope's visit to Kazan
May 6, 2003
Disputes
among southern Muslim leaders
May 6, 2003
Pope's
icon not what was thought
May 5, 2003
Expelled
Catholic bishop replaced
Aapril 18, 2003
Catholic
Internet forum not official
May 5, 2003
Book
about Islamic extremism pulled from stores
May 5, 2003
Pope
may bring icon to Russia
April 27, 2003
Pope
may bring icon to Russia
April 27, 2003
Religion
in Samara schools
April 30, 2003
Religion
in army
April 1, 2003
Patriarch
Alexis ill
April 18, 2003
Patriarchate
warns Vatican against sneaky action
April 18, 2003
Antibolshevik
church leader under study
April 15, 2003
Conflict
among muftis continues
April 15, 2003
Alternative
Orthodox church attacked in court
April 14, 2003
Muslims
leaders reject jihad
April 14, 2003
Interreligious
Council promotes religion in schools
April 10, 2003
Jail
for offensive speech
April 10, 2003
Government
oversight of Muslim organizations
April 9, 2003
Attempt
to solve church's land problems fails
April 9, 2003
Moscow
prosecutor defends critic of teaching Orthodoxy in schools
April 4, 2003
Declaration
of jihad divides Russian Muslims
April 7, 2003
Russian
Muslims volunteer to defend Iraq
March 29, 2003
Vatican's
antiwar stand aids relations with Russia
March 28, 2003
Moscow
court rules on antisemitic textbook
March 25, 2003
Russian
religious leaders criticize Bush's war
March 24, 2003
Communist
deputies patronize traditional religions
March 19, 2003
Religion
in schools
March 18, 2003
Presidential
satraps support Orthodox church
March 20, 2003
Jehovah's
Witness conscientious objector to court
March 20, 2003
Russian
Orthodox church issues anti-war statement
March 17, 2003
Dispute
over Ukrainian church leadership
March 11, 2003
Protestant
ecumenism criticized
March 12, 2003
Orthodoxy's
media expert
March 5, 2003
Russian
patriarch and foreign minister meet
March 7, 2003
Parliamentarian
intercedes for Jehovah's Witnesses
March 4, 2003
Russian
Supreme Court rules against Muslims
March 6, 2003
Conflict
between Muslims and government
March 5, 2003
Narrowing
qualifications for traditional religions
March 4, 2003
Orthodox
choosing political sides
March 4, 2003
Government
gives nod to Maslenitsa
March 4, 2003
Russians
prepare for Lent
March 3, 2003
Elections
and religious confessions
March 3, 2003
Head
of Russian government promises to help Catholics
February 28, 2003
Combating
religious extremism in Russia
February 28, 2003
Prayer
in CIS
February 28, 2003
Difficulties
for Orthodox-friendly laws
February 21, 2003
Visa
war against Catholics
February 25, 2003
Bishop
moves against dissident priest
February 24, 2003
Another
Catholic priest expelled
February 24, 2003
Jehovah's
Witnesses under fire
February 11, 2003
Patriarch
complains to new Vatican ambassador
February 21, 2003
Controversy
over religion in schools
February 1, 2003
Mormons
seen as security danger
February 1, 2003
Trend
to privileged position for Orthodoxy in former soviet states
January 31, 2003
Orthodox
church holds key to Catholics' position in Russia
January 31, 2003
Alexis'
health interferes with activity
January 30, 2003
Education
ministers caution against imposing religion on school children
January 30, 2003
Church
energetic for Orthodoxy in schools
January 30, 2003
Military
deferment for Russian clergy
January 29, 2003
Helsinki
group criticizes Russian restrictions
January 29, 2003
American
commission: Russian religious freedom "fragile"
January 24, 2003
Jehovah's
Witnesses under attack in Russian provinces
January 22, 2003
Duma
developing law on state-church cooperation
January 24, 2003
State
favoritism among religious goups
January 24, 2003
Russian
government to identify extremists
January 23, 2003
Catholics
cooperate with Orthodox in icon return
January 22, 2003
Kirill
plays to Orthodox extremists
January 22, 2003
Muscovites
observe blessing of the waters
January 20, 2003
Avoiding
dangerous sects
January 20, 2003
Patriarch
works with government and industry
January 17, 2003
Judgment
of Orthodox textbook continues
January 18, 2003
Catholics
display fraternal love for Orthodox
January 16, 2003
Political
and religious leaders address Russian health crisis
January 17, 2003
New
papal nuncio in Moscow
January 13, 2003
Moscow
patriarchate behind refusal of visas to Catholics
January 15, 2003
Patriarchal
spokesman defends teaching Orthodoxy
January 14, 2003
Court
rules against Orthodox textbook
January 14, 2003
State
subsidies of faith-based services proposed
January 14, 2003
Patriarch
reviews church life
January 9, 2003
Patriarchal
Christmas vigil
January 9, 2003
[Editor's note: no newspapers were published in Russia January 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, or 8.]
Patriarch
renews bonds to homeland
January 8, 2003
Russians
celebrate Christmas, but not with gifts
January 7, 2003
Court
trial of Orthodox newspaperman
January 6, 2003
Metropolitan
Kirill fields persisting questions
January 5, 2003
Army
newspaper attacks conscientious objectors
January 5, 2003
Patriarch
anticipates celebrations of 2003
January 4, 2003
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