The icon «Holy Trinity» by Andrei Rublev was temporarily removed from the iconostasis of the Trinity Cathedral of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra to check its condition and the climate-controlled display case. It was moved to the workshops on the grounds of the lavra.

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Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the vast majority of European countries are facing blocked bank accounts and refusals to rent premises for worship services and cultural events, said the special representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry head for international cooperation on ensuring the right to freedom of religion, Mikhail Melekh. He said this to Russian journalists in Geneva.

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To celebrate the Night of Ivan Kupala according to the customs of the ancestors, you need to call the phone number listed in one of the thematic Telegram channels in advance. Get instructions. On the appointed day, put on a simple light dress, take the commuter train at Kursky Station, and about two hours later get off at a sparsely populated station in the Vladimir region. Every year on the eve of the Summer Solstice Day, pagan Rodnovers gather here and celebrate their main holiday for a full day, symbolizing the peak of nature’s bloom and fertility. Journalist from «Most.Media» spent this day with them.

#WarinUkraine #lifeinRussia #Myths #society #Orthodoxy #religion #reportage #Slavs #ultraright #paganism

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In ancient times, it took the Jews forty years to mentally overcome slavery and enter the Promised Land. How long will it take us to overcome the Soviet past?

#AlexanderMen #AlexanderSolzhenitsyn #AndreiSakharov #Bible #BorisYeltsin #Germany #state #democracy #Jews #WestandEast #ImmanuelKant #KoradAstiauer #Nazism #Restructuring #aftertheUSSR #Orthodoxy #slavery #reformsinRussia #freedom #ThirdReich

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