Alexis II, Patriarch of Moscow and all-Russia
- Moscow patriarchate seeks to ban independent religious activity by foreigners, 16 April 1996
- Church leans towards Yeltsin, 30 May 1996
- Dissident priest exposes
patriarch's KGB past, 17 May 1996
- Agreement between Orthodox Church and Russian state, 20 June 1996
- Complaint against procommunist priests
, 4 July 1996
- Patriarch visits Valaam monastery, 15 July 1996
- Muslims voted for Yeltsin, 25 July 1996
- Dissident priest continues to hound patriarch, 28 August 1996
- Moscow patriarchate offers suggestions on religion law, 30 August 1996
- Information from the Moscow patriarchate, 21 September 1996
- Premier Chernomyrdin's hometown church, 7 and 11 September 1996
- Georgian catholicos talks about relations with Moscow, 8 October 1996
- Criticism of
political activity of Moscow patriarchate, 25 October 1996
- Russian politicians and churchmen collaborate, 1 November 1996
- Patriarch prays for president's health, 5 November 1996
- Patriarchate-state cooperation , 19 November 1996
- Orthodox deacon on sects in Russia ,September 1996
- Orthodox church uncovers relics of Saint Maxim the Greek , September 1996
- Bomb threat fails to halt patriarchal Christmas service
9 January 1997
- Orthodox church honors Ingushetia president
10 January 1997
- Patriarch warns against religious dissent
26 January 1997
- Patriarch gives interview to diocesan paper
March 1997
Azerbaijan
- Threats to protestant churches in Muslim republics, 5 and 11 July 1996
- Religious turmoil in Azerbaijan, 2 August 1996
Belarus
- Belarus president wants Orthodox state church, 1 November 1996
Borshchev, Valery
- Moscow patriarchate seeks to ban independent religious activity by foreigners, 16 April 1996
- Duma deputy cautions about patriarchate's aspirations, 1 August 1996
- Patriarchate disagrees with religious rights group, 9 August 1996
- State, Church, and Religious Freedom, 9 October 1996
Buddhists
- Alexander Lebed on religions in Russia, 26 June 1996
- Dissident priest complains about government persecution, 9 August 1996
- Confessions, 11 December 1996
Canonization
- Stations of the Cross
- Church leans towards Yeltsin, 30 May 1996
- Orthodox church uncovers relics of Saint Maxim the Greek , September 1996
- Orthodox fundamentalism in Russia
, 10 October 1996
- Report to Synod on
canonization of last tsar, 9-10 October 1996
- Last Russian tsar almost certain to be church's new saint, 16 October 1996
- Orthodox Church plans
canonization of last tsar, 21 October 1996
- Confessions, 25 October 1996
- Criticism of plans to canonize imperial family, 4 December 1996
- Burial of imperial family caught in bureaucracy, 25 December 1996
- Orthodox bishops name three saints, 21 February 1997
Chistiakov, Father Georgy
- Whence this anger?, 10 October 1996
Christian Democrats
- Religious broadcasting in Russia, 20 July 1996
Christ the Savior cathedral
- Criticism of
political activity of Moscow patriarchate, 25 October 1996
- Christ the Savior cathedral in Moscow, 24 November 1996
- Church leans towards Yeltsin, 30 May 1996
Church-state relations
- Church leans towards Yeltsin, 30 May 1996
- Criticism of
political activity of Moscow patriarchate, 25 October 1996
- Patriarchate-state cooperation , 19 November 1996
Conscience, Freedom of
- Moscow patriarchate seeks to ban independent religious activity by foreigners, 16 April 1996
- New law on religion in Russia, 11 July 1996
- Moscow patriarchate continues to lobby for changes in religion law, 1 August 1996
- Dissident priest complains about government persecution, 9 August 1996
- Moscow patriarchate offers suggestions on religion law, 30 August 1996
- Alarm about proposed amendments to religion law, 3 October 1996
- Sverdlovsk restricts religious freedom, 6 October 1996
- State, Church, and Religious Freedom, 9 October 1996
- Provincial legislation against religion , 26 November 1996
- Update on draft of religion law , 29 November 1996
- Nationalist newspaper raises alarm about sects, 10 December 1996
- Conservative Orthodox metropolitan answers liberal criticisms
16 December 1996
Conscientious objectors
- Conscientious objector receives two year term, 19 July 1996
- Legal right to conscientious objection in question, 4 November 1996
- Provincial legislation against religion , 26 November 1996
- Latvian military service law denies conscientious objectors, 26 December 1996
- Can religious identity in army be promoted?
18 January 1997
Dagestan
- Armed conflict among Muslim factions
May 14, 1997
- Muslim conflict in Dagestan
May 15, 1997
- Further on Muslim conflict in Dagestan
May 16, 1997
Dudko, Dmitry, priest
- Dmitry Dudko supports communists, 30 April 1996
Education, theological
- Holy Synod meets Thursday, 19 July 1996
Estonia
- Patriarchate's statement
on Estonian church situation, 25 February 1996
- True Orthodox request assylum, 21 June 1996
- Another round of talks on Estonian crisis, 15 August 1996
- Estonian Orthodox settlement, 26 August 1996
- Georgian catholicos talks about relations with Moscow, 8 October 1996
- Metropolitan Kirill discusses church issues, 28 November 1996
Filaret, metropolitan of Minsk
- Religious broadcasting in Russia, 20 July 1996
- Information from the Moscow patriarchate, 21 September 1996
- Belarus president wants Orthodox state church, 1 November 1996
Filaret Denisenko, of Kiev
- Current church situation in Ukraine, 6 June 1996
- Patriarch Volodymir's
grave, 20 August 1996
- Metropolitan Kirill discusses church issues, 28 November 1996
- Ukrainian metropolitan calls for unity, 10 December 1996
- Orthodox bishops name three saints(Fialert excommunicated), 21 February 1997
- Political themes in bishops' council
22 February 1997
Government-church cooperation
- Patriarchate and military agree
2 August 1996
- Criticism of
political activity of Moscow patriarchate
25 October 1996
- Russian politicians and churchmen collaborate
1 November 1996
- Patriarchate-state cooperation
19 November 1996
- Orthodox church summoned to fight crime
22 January 1997
Holy Synod, Russian Orthodox church
- Holy Synod meets Thursday, 19 July 1996
- Georgian catholicos talks about relations with Moscow, 8 October 1996
- Orthodox Church plans
canonization of last tsar, 21 October 1996
- Council on Relations with Religious Associations of the presidency of the Russian Federation, 22 November 1996
Ioann Snichev, metropolitan of Saint Petersburg
- "Russian Orthodox Fascism after Glasnost," by Paul D. Steeves, October 1994
- Traditionalist criticism of Moscow patriarchate
February 1997
Jehovah's Witnesses
- Orthodox in western Ukraine, 6 June 1996
- Religious broadcasting in Russia, 20 July 1996
- Conference discusses Russian sectarian activity, 18 October 1996
- Nationalist newspaper raises alarm about sects, 10 December 1996
- Sectarian revolution, 10 December 1996
- Letter by Metropolitan Nikolai, 16 December 1996
- Jehovah's Witnesses build in St. Petersburg, November 1996
- Christian Democrats picket Jehovah's Witnesses
24 January 1997
- Jehovah's Witnesses open Russian headquarters
2 July 1997
- Jehovah's Witnesses alarmed about religion law
9 July 1997
- 134,000 Jehovah's Witnesses petition Yeltsin
17 July 1997
- On papal and senatorial opposition to religion law
19 July 1997
Kirill, metropolitan of Smolensk
- Religious broadcasting in Russia<, 20 July 1996
- Moscow patriarchate continues to lobby for changes in religion law, 1 August 1996
- Patriarchate disagrees with religious rights group, 9 August 1996
- Moscow patriarchate offers suggestions on religion law, 30 August 1996
- Russian politicians and churchmen collaborate, 1 November 1996
- Council on Relations with Religious Associations of the
presidency of the Russian Federation, 22 November 1996
- Growth and problems for Russian Muslims, 28 November 1996
- Confessions, 28 November 1996
- Metropolitan Kirill discusses church issues, 28 November 1996
- Hostility to nuclear arms reduction at Saint Daniel's , 13 November 1996
- Conflict between traditional and reform Orthodox turns violent, 29 June 1996
Kochetkov, Georgi, priest
- Complaint about treatment
of dissident priests , 22 October 1996
- Orthodox fundamentalism in Russia
, 10 October 1996
- Schism threatens Orthodox church Reuter, 1996
- Reformer priest criticizes Orthodox traditionalists , 7 November 1996
- Letter writer defends Orthodox "fundamentalists", 7 December 1996
- Conflict turns violent, 29 June 1997
Law on Religious Confessions (freedom of conscience)
- Moscow patriarchate seeks to ban independent religious activity by foreigners, 16 April 1996
- New law on religion in Russia, 11 July 1996
- Moscow patriarchate continues to lobby for changes in religion law, 1 August 1996
- Dissident priest complains about government persecution, 9 August 1996
- Moscow patriarchate offers suggestions on religion law, 30 August 1996
- Alarm about proposed amendments to religion law, 3 October 1996
- State, Church, and Religious Freedom, 9 October 1996
- Confessions, 28 November 1996
- Update on draft of religion law , 29 November 1996
- Nationalist newspaper raises alarm about sects, 10 December 1996
- Conservative Orthodox metropolitan answers liberal criticisms
16 December 1996
- Attorney analyses draft of religion law
December 1996
Lebed, Alexander
- Alexander Lebed on religions in Russia, 26 June 1996
- Lebed clarifies his stance, 14 July 1996
- Dissident priest complains about government persecution, 9 August 1996
- Lebed affirms support of, criticizes Russian Orthodoxy., 27 November 1996
Luzhkov, Yuri, mayor of Moscow
- True Orthodox request assylum, 21 June 1996
- Business and the church, 11 July 1996
- Patriarch visits Valaam monastery, 15 July 1996
- Moscow mayor stonewalls emigre church, 21 September 1996
- Police raid Moscow mosque, 3 October 1996
- Christ the Savior cathedral in Moscow, 24 November 1996
- Moscow mayor supports Orthodox Serbs, 26 December 1996
- Church leans towards Yeltsin, 30 May 1996
Missionaries
- Hints of restrictions on religion in FSU, 12 Aug 1996
- Religions compete in Russia, 28 December Aug 1996
Mormons
- Alexander Lebed on religions in Russia, 26 June 1996
- How believers voted, 5 and 11 July 1996
- Dissident priest complains about government persecution, 9 August 1996
- Alarm about proposed amendments to religion law, 3 October 1996
- Not amendments but a new framework, 11 December 1996
Muslims
- Religious survey, 6 June 1996
- Prisoners of conscience in Uzbekistan, 19 July 1996
- Muslims voted for Yeltsin, 25 July 1996
- Religious turmoil in Azerbaijan, 2 August 1996
- Dissident priest complains about government persecution, 9 August 1996
- Police raid Moscow mosque, 3 October 1996
- Growth and problems for Russian Muslims, 28 November 1996
- Islamic renaissance disputed, 11 December 1996
Nicholas II, emperor of Russia (see Canonization)
- Report to Synod on
canonization of last tsar, 9-10 October 1996
- Orthodox church plans
canonization of last tsar, 21 October 1996
- Criticism of plans to canonize imperial family, 4 December 1996
- Burial of imperial family caught in bureaucracy, 25 December 1996
- Russian bishops begin final steps to canonise last Tsar, 19February 1997
Ogorodnikov, Alexander
- Religious broadcasting in Russia, 20 July 1996
Paganism
- Traditional Russian religions reviving, 28 August 1996
Pentecostals
- Orthodox in western Ukraine, 6 June 1996
- Customs officials seize Bibles, 16 April 1996
- Protestants in Ulianovsk marginalized, 6 October 1996
Polosin, Valery, priest
- Muslims voted for Yeltsin
25 July 1996
- Alarm about proposed amendments to religion law, 3 October 1996
Protestants
- Protestants in Ulianovsk marginalized, 6 October 1996
ROCOR (Russian Orthodox Church Abroad)
- How believers voted, 5 and 11 July 1996
- Moscow mayor stonewalls emigre church, 21 September 1996
- Secular newspaper
revisits Metropolitan Sergius' declaration, 25 October 1996
- Lebed affirms support of, criticizes Russian Orthodoxy., 27 November 1996
Sects
- Agreement between Orthodox Church and Russian state, 20 June 1996
- Threats to protestant churches in Muslim republics, 5 and 11 July 1996
- How believers voted, 5 and 11 July 1996
- Religious broadcasting in Russia, 20 July 1996
- Religious turmoil in Azerbaijan, 2 August 1996
- Hints of restrictions on religion in FSU, 12 Aug 1996
- Protestants in Ulianovsk marginalized, 6 October 1996
- Yaroslav protestants threatened with prohibition, 26 August 1996
- American sect draws Moscow youth, 6 September 1996
- Chinese Christian sect in Russia, 5 September 1996
- Alarm about proposed amendments to religion law, 3 October 1996
- Sverdlovsk restricts religious freedom, 6 October 1996
- Criticism of
political activity of Moscow patriarchate, 25 October 1996
- Conference discusses Russian sectarian activity, 18 October 1996
- Council on Relations with Religious Associations of the presidency of the Russian Federation, 22 November 1996
- Soviet-type legislation threatens evangelical activity , 25 November 1996
- Orthodox deacon on sects in Russia
- Conservative Orthodox metropolitan answers liberal criticisms, 16 December 1996
- Nationalist newspaper raises alarm about sects, 10 December 1996
- Emigre paper cautions against legislative excess, 4 September 1996
- Violations of religious liberty in Uzbekistan
December 1997
- Human rights arm of Russian presidency objects about other state agencies' attack on sects , 31 January 1997
- Moscow patriarchate counterattacks Gleb Yakunin , 6 February 1997
Sergius Stragorodsky, patriarch
- Secular newspaper
revisits Metropolitan Sergius' declaration, 25 October 1996
- Criticism of
political activity of Moscow patriarchate, 25 October 1996
- Council on relations with religious associations of the presidency of the Russian Federation, 22 November 1996
Shargunov, Alexander, priest
- Church leans towards Yeltsin, 30 May 1996
- Priest criticizes procommunist colleagues , 13 June 1996
- Interview with A. Shargunov
- Only monks do not vote, 5 July 1996
- Orthodox fundamentalism in Russia
, 10 October 1996
- Conservative Orthodox metropolitan answers liberal criticisms, 16 December 1996
Sitnikov, Nikolai, priest
- Priest criticizes procommunist colleagues , 13 June 1996
Statistical data
Religious survey
6 June 1996
- Religious survey
22 May 1996
- Confessions, 28 November 1996
- Russian politicians and churchmen collaborate, 1 November 1996
- Belarus president wants Orthodox state church, 1 November 1996
- Public opinion on status of Russian church, 28 November 1996
- Islamic renaissance disputed, 11 December 1996
True Orthodox Christians
- Stations of the Cross
- Legal difficulties of True Orthodox, 21 May 1996
- True Orthodox request assylum, 21 June 1996
- How believers voted, 5 and 11 July 1996
- True Orthodox Tikhonite Christians, 23 July 1996
Ukraine
- Orthodox in western Ukraine, 6 June 1996
- Current church situation in Ukraine, 6 June 1996
- Continued religious conflict in West Ukraine, 28 August 1996
- Complaints about autocratic bishop in Altai, 5 September 1996
- Metropolitan Kirill discusses church issues, 28 November 1996
- Protest at caves monastery highlights Ukrainian church conflict , 14 November 1996
- Orthodoxy in Ukraine , 10 December 1996
Uzbekistan
- Prisoners of conscience in Uzbekistan, 19 July 1996
- Violations of religious liberty in Uzbekistan
December 1997
- Uzbek restrictions on religion
24 July 1997
Yakunin, Gleb
- Dissident priest exposes
patriarch's KGB past, 17 May 1996
- Duma gives preliminary approval, 10 July 1996
- Facade of Glory, 24 November 1996
- Dissident priest complains about government persecution, 9 August 1996
- Dissident priest continues to hound patriarch, 28 August 1996
- Alarm about proposed amendments to religion law, 3 October 1996
- The church in Russia, 5 October 1996
- Priest protests
raid on mosque, 16 October 1996
- Secular newspaper
revisits Metropolitan Sergius' declaration, 25 October 1996
- Moscow patriarchate counterattacks Gleb Yakunin , 6 February 1997
- Orthodox bishops name three saints, (Yakunin excommunicated), 21 February 1997
Ziuganov, Gennady
- Church leans towards Yeltsin, 30 May 1996
- Priest criticizes procommunist colleagues , 13 June 1996
- Complaint against procommunist priests
4 July 1996
- Demographic analysis of voters
20 and 27 June 1996
- Muslims voted for Yeltsin, 25 July 1996