Moscow, Feb. 25, 2008 (CWNews.com) - Russian President Valdimir Putin has announced that Russian Orthodox seminarians are obliged to do mandatory military service, Vatican Radio reports.
Putin's policy announcement appears to put the government on a collision course with the leadership of the Russian Orthodox Church. The Moscow patriarchate in the past has threatened to expel any seminarians who use firearms or engage in military service.
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Orthodox in western Ukraine spend night in church to prevent seizure by
godless schismatics
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The faithful gathered in the Holy Spirit Cathedral, the Church of St.
Nicholas, and the Church of Sts. Peter and Paul, which the godless
schismatics of the...
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