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Jehovah's Witnesses
win appeal in Sverdlovsk region Russia is purging
Ukrainian Orthodox presence in Crimea Protestant preacher
punished for violating anti-evangelism law Year-long trial of
Jehovah's Witnesses interrupted by judge Jehovah's Witness
granted reduced punishment Ukrainian politician
points to European political thrust Jehovah's Witnesses
repeatedly tried for same offenses Ukrainian Bureau of
Investigation avoids interference in church dispute Major Muslim holiday
observed within pandemic conditions Ukrainian president
shows ecumenical spirit Largest raid on
Jehovah's Witnesses leads to police brutality Jehovah's Witness
fined instead of imprisoned Ukraine-Russia
church conflict
echoes Russia-Ukraine hybrid war Christensen again put
in punishment cell Record number of
searches of Jehovah's Witnesses in Voronezh Disgraced Orthodox
monk threatens political power Prosecutor asks for
longest term yet for Jehovah's Witness Political opposition explains
persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses Clerical pandemic denier punished
by secular court Russian protestants seek removal
of legal impediment to their activity Church court rules conservative
priest unworthy of clerical status Activist of protestant
Initsiativniki, who refuse to cooperate with state,
punished Prosecutor tries to block
Christensen's release Authorities interfere with release
of Danish Jehovah's Witness Russian church leader promotes
Putin's changes in constitution Persecuted Siberian shaman gets
international support Jehovah's Witness Dennis
Christensen to be released from prison camp Breaking News: Jehovah's Witness
prisoner released Believers support priest who is
under discipline Ukrainian politician claims credit
for criminal case against president Ukrainian crime bureau denies
interfering in church question Former Ukrainian president
threatened for church policy Radical conservative Orthodox
cleric defies church court Religious liberty publication
fined by Russian court Russia opens new church
celebrating victorious military Ukrainian churches oppose
same-sex and transgender rights Ukrainian church defends former
president Poroshenko Patriarch's schedule disrupted
again Russian press reports American
criticism of intolerance New level of severity of
punishment of Jehovah's Witnesses reached Far-right opposition to Moscow
patriarch's action Conditions for visiting churches
spelled out Orthodox church reopens for major
holiday Supreme Court increases severity
of penalty for convicted Jehovah's Witness New level of harsh penalty
requested for Jehovah's Witnes sPandemic creates problems for
Jehovah's Witnesses Four Jehovah's Witnesses awaiting
trial finally freed from custody Crimean Jehovah's Witness sent to
Russian prison camp Grim anniversary in case of Danish
Jehovah's Witness Ukrainian church tries to enlist
president's support Russian church in Moldova clashes
with civil government over pandemic Russia uses its new form of
persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses Parish safety in circumstances of
pandemic Eight Jehovah's Witnesses are
subjects of criminal case in Siberian city Patriarchate agrees to remove
Stalin from church building Church feels financial pinch of
pandemic Russia uses new
form of persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses
Jehovah's Witness charged in
Russian Far East Self-styled Siberian healer
incarcerated Senior
monk dies in pandemic on 76th birthday Georgia commemorates St. George
despite pandemic Physician
monk succumbs to pandemic Church faces financial crisis due
to coronavirus Pandemic strikes another
Orthodox senior prelate Putin wants his face removed from
church wall Notorious Orthodox clergyman
banned from active ministry Religious freedom publication
attacked by Russian government Orthodox church leadership
suffering from COVID-19 Discord in Orthodox church over
lockdown restrictions Controversy in Russia over
church of the military Citizen complaint about church
people not observing lockdown precautions Antisemitic attack fails in
Ukraine Russian president takes note of
Christian holiday Russian president's plans for
Easter a mystery Another handful of Jehovah's
Witnesses to be tried for mere attendance at meetings Jehovah's Witnesses are searched
despite pandemic lock-down President of Belarus defies
precautions Antisemitic incident in north of
Russia Laity cannot attend Holy Week
services in Moscow Russia adjusts regulations on cash
collection boxes Baptists cry out for federal
intervention against scapegoating Refugee Jehovah's Witness released
in Belarus Highest levels of church authority
view accommodation to pandemic differently 20 whole families of Jehovah's
Witnesses face prosecution Orthodox leader faces
current crisis for church Jehovah's Witness wins appeal
against forced psychiatric examination Another Jehovah's Witness gets six
years plus Orthodox churches in St.
Petersburg still open Church sources dispute media
reports from St. Petersburg Media report Orthodox
churches defying attendance ban in St. Petersburg Patriarch commends saint's example
of isolation for Orthodox Russian Orthodox Church in
conflict with government of St. Petersburg Investigation of Japanese cult
leader completed Sentencing of Jehovah's Witness
set for Tuesday Ukrainian government wants to
limit public celebration of Easte rConvicted Jehovah's Witnesses win
appeal of penalty Tactics of intimidation against
Jehovah's Witnesses Russian priests resist precautions
against disease Orthodox take action against
coronavirus disease Moscow patriarch
issues orders for epidemic European governments speak up for
Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses mount
defense in south of Russia Russian church
issues emergency instructions for coronavirus Russian church
doubts spread of virus through communion Fourth Jehovah's
Witness since 2017 imprisoned for six years Jehovah's
Witnesses caught in complicated appeals process Russian
government bodies compete for Jehovah's Witnesses'
property Putin grants
church's requests for changes in constitution Pro-Moscow
Ukrainian church leader claims persecution within
Orthodox world Russian
government interferes in protestants' training of
ministers Jehovah's
Witnesses in south Russia face delays of trial while
in custody Jehovah's Witness in
Belarus threatened with transfer to Russia Jehovah's
Witness in occupied Ukrainian territory penalized by
Russians Jehovah's Witness loses first
round of appeal against conviction Another
Jehovah's Witness sentenced by court Jehovah's Witnesses subjected to
prison brutality Another case of torture of
Jehovah's Witness reported Two more
Jehovah's Witnesses convicted in Russian Far East Long postponed
trial of Scientologists begins Politicians
support putting God into the constitution Religious
liberty issue highlighted in international conflict Russia
blacklists over 200 Jehovah's Witnesses, imposing
severe financial consequences Russian high court supports
Mormons' right to religious use of building New Ukrainian church deals
sensitively with elderly leader Siberian Jehovah's Witness forced
into psychiatric examination Church's suggestions to violate
separation of church and state fester Another court intervention in
Jehovah's Witness case Two more Jehovah's Witnesses
convicted on faulty evidence Pentecostal leader hopes for
better treatment at local level Moscow patriarch sparks media
storm over amending constitution Russian church expresses
traditionalist views on marriage American diplomats have
demonstrative visit with Ukrainian church leader Controversy follows death of
famous clergyman Prominent churchman suffers fatal
heart attack Three more Jehovah's Witnesses
convicted Two more Jehovah's Witnesses
convicted Judge rules case against Jehovah's
Witnesses too imprecise Jehovah's Witness sentenced in Far
East Jehovah's Witnesses arrested at
gathering in apartment Putin's annual state of the nation
address elevates values Jehovah's Witnesses accused of
child abuse, among other things Multiple Jehovah's Witnesses
convicted in Penza Jehovah's Witnesses trial to go on
in Far East Ukrainian church leader awaits
further success Patriarch Kirill's failures in
world Orthodoxy Government leaders make public
show for Christmas First anniversary of the new
Ukrainian church Old Believers argue over their
prayers Harassment of ordinary Jehovah's
Witnesses in south of Russia Sick Jehovah's Witness mistreated
in prison
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