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12.09.2008, 16:41
After spending 78 years in the U.S. the Danilov bells have returned home to their monastery in Moscow. At a special ceremony held on Friday the bells were blessed by the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Aleksy II.
10.09.2008, 06:47
After spending 80 years in the United States the bells of a Moscow Monastery are set to arrive back in their homeland. The Danilov Monastery lost them when they were sold in the 1930s to stop them being melted down.
07.09.2008, 09:51
A welcoming ceremony in St. Petersburg has marked the first ringing of the famous Danilov bells on Russian soil for 78 years. Weighing several tons each, they were put on a temporary belfry in St. Isaac's Cathedral, where their unique tone rang out to mar
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Published: 17 March, 2009, 12:16
It's the sound people have been waiting to hear for decades. The famous Danilov Bells, which escaped the Communist era axe and returned from Harvard last year, have rung today at their original residence in Moscow.
What a glory to hear the bells ringing together at the Danilov Monastery! May their joyous song continue for Many Years! Mary from Philadelphia
Beloved bells, where were you…