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04.12.2008, 07:25

Amen to all that! Three churches built in 24 hours

The ambitious simultaneous construction of three churches in the Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian capitals in just 24 hours has been completed on schedule. The remarkable project in Moscow, Kiev and Minsk marks one thou

Catholicism in Russia

Published: 30 October, 2008, 10:48


Although Catholicism has existed in Russia since the visit of a bishop to Kiev in 961, the first Catholic churches appeared in Moscow and St. Petersburg only during the reign of Peter the Great, in the 1770s. Over the centuries, the government's attitude

 
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