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For
the last 10 years, messianic congregations like Jews for Jesus and
Jewish Voice have targeted the roughly two million Jews of the former
Soviet Union as potential converts to Christianity. Their tactics
include wearing yarmulkes, prayer shawls, and reading from the Torah.
Alexandra Alter has more. [full
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As
the remnants of Communism began to crumble in the late 1980s, so rose
the fortunes of Seventh-Day Adventism in Russia. Lila Arzua reports
from the Seventh-Day Adventist seminary in the remote village of Zaoksky,
80 miles south of Moscow. [full
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In
the homeland of the Russian Orthodox Church, Charismatic Catholics
have two strikes against them. While they are accepted by the hierarchy
of the Catholic Church, some Charismatic practices make it difficult
to distinguish them from Protestant evangelists. Daniel Burke has
more. [full story] |
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After
facing more than two decades of harassment, lynchings, fire bombings
and official hatred, Russia's 15,000 Hare Krishnas now have a different
problem: getting noticed. Daniel Evans has the details. [full
story]
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As
Tatarstan's Muslims struggle to shape their modern-day version of
Islam, some Muslim clergy worry that religious illiteracy will cultivate
fertile soil for Islamic fundamentalism. Mariam Fam has the story.
[full story] |
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The
stained-glass window in the Catholic Cathedral of Immaculate Conception
reflects a contradiction - standing side by side are two brothers,
Peter and Andrew, who signed up on the same day to join Christ's
band of Apostles in Galilee. Kodi Barth has the details. [full
story]
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More
than a dozen years after the fall of the Soviet Union, the Catholic
Church in Moscow retains a distinctly multicultural feel. It also
serves as the spiritual home for immigrants who would otherwise be
isolated. Tim Lavin has the story. [full
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One
day in late March, the Kazanka ice was dotted with legions of burly
men armed with the implements of modern Russian ice-fishers: drills,
homemade rods, and metal sifters. Tim Lavin takes time out to learn
their craft. [full
story]
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The
Old Believers, a sect of Russian Orthodoxy formed in Russia more than
300 years ago, have adapted their religious observances to accommodate
life in a new homeland. Sara Leitch reports from an Old Believers
Church in the Northeast. [full
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From
a parish fighting to regain its belltower and its forbidden chime,
to a school fighting to keep the art of bell ringing alive and well,
the bells of Russian Orthodoxy are regaining their importance. Stephanie
Levitz has more. [full
story]
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To
Orthodox Christians, icons are more than mere representations of the
divine. They represent "Windows to the Kingdom," reminding
believers that matter and time can and should be transfigured. Gabriel
Rodriguez-Nava has this multimedia presentation. [full
story] |
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As
you wander through the hallowed hallways of Moscow's Red Army Ice
Palace, mounds of debris crunch underfoot. Giant metal rods protrude
through the ceiling above. It may not seem like it, but the arena
is finally getting a facelift. Michael Serazio has more. [full
story]
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With
ten days to work, we could catch merely a glimpse - a fleeting window
of opportunity to peer in on another culture. Yet this trip demanded
even more than that. We were asked to become foreign correspondents
on the fly. Michael Serazio has more. [full
story] |
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A towheaded
boy stares up out of the black and white newspaper page, his arm
hooked up to an IV, a pair of medical scissors lying beside him
on the bed. Angela Uherbelau has the story of how the boy's appearance
in the local newspaper could save his life. [full
story]
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