Russia has numerous “house churches ... Baxter served on a mission for the LDS church in St. Petersburg from 1992 to 1994. “Despite decades of enforced atheism under the USSR, in ...

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The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood is one of the main attractions in St. Petersburg, drawing crowds to its ornately decorated onion domes and the stunning mosaics housed within. Alexander ...

Flush with canals and built around water – the city curves around the Gulf of Finland, and the Neva River runs through the city center – St. Petersburg is a planned city that originated with ...

Young Russian Catholics attending a faith-sharing event in St. Petersburg had a special ... asked about his aspirations for the Catholic Church in Russia, Pope Francis said: “I see a Church ...

The owner of St. John's Church (Peterburi Jaani kirik), a protestant church in St. Petersburg, sued SA Eesti Kontsert in Russia, which is now requesting about €72,000 from the state for legal fees.

Members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses have 2,500 congregations in Russia. The Russian government has shut down several Witness organizations since the beginning of the year, most recently the church’s ...