May 25, 2017 – Two assailants with a past criminal history have been arrested for a series of thefts in Orthodox Churches in the Bryansk area. Upon arrest, the law enforcement agencies seized two out of five icons, stolen from the Orthodox Church of Mitrophan Voronezhsky, in the village of Rybchevsk. An investigation under article 158 (“Theft”) of the Russian […]
» Read moreApril 24, 2017 – A chapel is burnt near a railway station in the city of Arkhangelsk, Russia. It was initially believed that the fire was caused due to an electric malfunction. But further investigation led to a conclusion that intentional arson is the most likely reason. Items supporting this hypothesis were found on the crime scene upon investigation from […]
» Read moreApril 21, 2017 – Two courts in the Tver oblast have defended a self-proclaimed “Metropolitan” Oleg Zimayev of a breakaway religious group called “The Apostolic Orthodox Church”. The assailant; Oleg Zimayev, stabbed a priest from the Russian Orthodox Church in the head and arms with scissors in front of two witnesses. The court documents report that the assailant has conducted […]
» Read moreApril 21, 2017 – Two courts in the Tver oblast have defended a self-proclaimed “Metropolitan” Oleg Zimayev of a breakaway religious group called “The Apostolic Orthodox Church”. The assailant; Oleg Zimayev, stabbed a priest from the Russian Orthodox Church in the head and arms with scissors in front of two witnesses. The court documents report that the assailant has conducted […]
» Read moreApril 7, 2017. The Smolensk Cemetery in St. Petersburg has seen about thirty Orthodox Christian crosses and symbols destroyed by a group of young people. They have also defiled some monuments dedicated to victims of the TU-154 aviation catastrophe. The group of assailants has conducted their vandalism in the course of one kilometer. The police have apprehended the suspects. Video […]
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