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Prayer vigil near Christ the Savior Cathedral

23.04.2012 16:25

What happened near the Cathedral yesterday was remincent of opposition rallies in Moscow, only with a religious tint.

 

Some 65 believers gathered on Sunday in Moscow, near the Cathedral of Christ the Savior to hold «a prayer vigil» to protect «faith, abused relics, the church and its good name.»

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  • Some 65 believers gathered on Sunday in Moscow, near the Cathedral of Christ the Savior to hold...
  • People started approaching the main Russian Orthodox Church Cathedral at 11 a.m. on Sunday. Groups...
  • One of the largest groups was from Nizhniy Novgorod with 1,100 people from there.
  • .«We are from the Leningrad regions, there were about 15 buses carrying us here,» a...
  • The idea to hold the vigil came from the Higher Church Council. It said that church vandalism cases...
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