A woman in South Russia’s Stavropol Region has turned to court in an attempt to change the number 666 under which the birth of her daughter was registered in the official book, the Moskovsky Komsomolets daily reports on Monday.
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February 26, 2007A Russian court on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit brought by a 16-year-old student who said that being taught the theory of evolution in school violated her rights and insulted her religious beliefs, the Associated Press news agency reports.
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February 22, 2007Many of Russian Orthodox believers gathered Friday to plunge through ice holes into freezing water, but a key ingredient was missing: it is not cold.
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January 19, 2007The insurance company for the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia has settled a claim by a man who says he was abused as a teenager by monks at a monastery in the United States, The Associated Press reports.
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December 15, 2006
A Russian court on Wednesday started hearings in an unprecedented lawsuit brought by a 15-year-old student who says being taught the theory of evolution in school violates her rights and insults her religious beliefs, the Associated Press news agency reports.
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December 14, 2006
The first group of haj pilgrims from Dagestan Republic, located in the Russian Northern Caucasus, departed for Saudi Arabia on Monday through Iran.
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December 11, 2006The head of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Alexy II has criticized the Vatican behavior exhibited to Russia and other ex-Soviet states, the Associated Press news agency reported Tuesday.
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December 5, 2006
Mongolian President Nambaryn Enkhbayar opened his trip to Russia on Monday with a visit to Buryatia, the largely Buddhist region of Siberia bordering on his country, Russian news agencies reported.
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December 4, 2006A priest and his family were killed on the weekend in an arson attack on their home in a Central Russian region.
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Dozens of believers lit candles and joined in a prayer service in a small Russian Orthodox church in Moscow on Friday to mark World AIDS Day, the Associated Press news agency reports.
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