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August 25, 2000
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Adventist Church Leader Expresses Condolences to 
Russian People

Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S.A.         In a letter 
to Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovitch Putin, 
Seventh-day Adventist Church world-president Pastor 
Jan Paulsen expressed "sympathy and sadness for the 
tragedy of the sunken submarine Kursk and the loss 
of the 118 men aboard." Referring to the hope of 
the resurrection, Paulsen wrote that Adventist 
Church members around the world were praying that 
God would give "comfort and hope on this sad day of 
mourning." The Russian submarine sank in the Barents 
Sea on August 12 killing all crewmen on board. The 
Russian government declared August 23 a national 
day of mourning for those who were lost in the 
disaster. (251/2000)