The Russian authorities have pledged to...
since 1980, nuns returned to the monastery only in 1994.Putin congratulated on Tuesday the Russian Orthodox believers with upcoming Christmas and said that the Russian government would allocate over 2 billion rubles (about $67 million) in 2010 for the reconstruction of the facilities that belong to the Church.
The Russian Orthodox Church and its followers celebrate Christmas on January 7 rather than on December 25.
MOSCOW, January 6 (RIA Novosti)
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