wfn.org | Russia: Adventist Outreach Program Stopped

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June 13, 1999
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Russia: Adventist Outreach Program Stopped

Kolomna, Russia.  Opposition from the Orthodox Church has 
prevented Seventh-day Adventists from continuing an 
outreach program in May in the ancient Russian city of 
Kolomna, near Moscow.

According to Adventist church officials, the administration of 
the city, under pressure from Orthodox Church 
representatives, first changed the venues for the meetings 
and then banned them altogether. Newspaper articles and 
flyers warned against attending the meetings, and the 
venues were picketed.  The meetings, presented by Olga 
Murga under the title of "The family at the beginning of a 
new century," were designed to help citizens deal with the 
challenges of modern life.  

Despite the opposition that prevented those who wished 
from joining the Adventist Church in the city, a church 
service was held in Moscow where 43 were baptized.