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February 10, 2015 the metropolitan of Tatarstan and Kazan Theophanes stated that it proves quite “difficult” to introduce the subject “Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture” (FOC) in the curriculum in Tatarstan, as reports sedmitza.ru. “It is a complicated question and I wouldn’t like to cross swords over challenging issues” – he sad during the press conference at the diocesan office. He […]

February 10, 2016 Roman Plyuta, the Chairman of the non-governmental organization “Orthodox Union” (Krasnodar), addressed to Alexander Bastrykin, the chairman of Russian Investigative Committee, demanding to prosecute the organizers of concerts of Polish metal band Batushka (“Father”), to be held in Moscow and St. Petersburg in April, interfax.ru reports. “The doings of the “Batushka” band have all the signs of […]

January 29, 2016. His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia Kirill stated that the orthodox schools are discriminated against in the matter of funding as Interfax reports. “Though the principle of equal funding of public and private schools is enshrined in the legislation some regional governments are seeking ways to reduce funding of orthodox schools compared to the […]

December 24, 2015. The District Court of Meleuzovsky region of the Republic of Mordovia (Russia) condemned two citizens of 20 and 19-years old respectively, for robbery and damages in a church, as the website of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Bashkortostan reports. The court found that in April 2015, the two citizens and their minor accomplice planned to […]

December 22, 2015. In Omsk (Russia), it started a criminal case against a 19-year-old student of the Omsk Transport University, as the website of the Investigation Department of Omsk Region reports. The student is suspected of committing a crime according to the Penal Code (art. 282, actions aimed at inciting hatred, humiliation of a person or group of persons on […]