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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Miraculous Donskoy Icon of Theotokos, long held in a museum, returns to
Donskoy Monastery
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The icon has been placed for veneration in the monastery’s Small Cathedral,
where the Divine Liturgy and evening services are celebrated daily. Moleben
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