02 August 2002
2 August 2002 was to have been the day the Autocephalous Orthodox church in the village of Pahranichny close to... Read more
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02 August 2002
After what the secretary for the Bessarabian Orthodox Metropolia described as a "ten-year battle" for state registration, the Moldovan government's... Read more
30 July 2002
The authorities' crackdown on Islamic radicalism appears to have prompted many young Uzbeks to join the growing number of Christian... Read more
26 July 2002
Russia's 1993 Constitution declares that the country is a secular state, and that religious associations are equal before the law.... Read more
25 July 2002
Federation Council Agriculture Committee Chairman Ivan Starikov announced that he intends to start working on a law that would restore... Read more
24 July 2002
A sacked bishop is threatening to reveal the names of colleagues he says were prepared to agree to a controversial... Read more
15 July 2002
The first Russian-language, Christian-oriented satellite television channel began broadcasting on 15 July, RosBalt and other Russian news agencies reported the... Read more
13 July 2002
The Holy Synod of the Macedonian Orthodox Church stripped Metropolitan Jovan of the Veles-Vardar region of his church functions and... Read more
12 July 2002
In accordance with Russia's 1997 law on religion - for which it lobbied - the Moscow Patriarchate is obliged to... Read more
12 July 2002
Despite being accorded "respect" by Russia's 1997 law on religion, paganism in the republic of Mari-El (approximately 500 miles or... Read more