Sunday
saw the first liturgy in a new Orthodox church in
Khujand in northern Tajikistan.
The 14-meter-tall church designed by the Moscow architect Viktor Kanayev can house more than 150 worshippers.
It arose on the site of a former wooden church burnt a few years ago.
Another, larger Orthodox church will open in Khujand shortly.
27 октября 2010 г.
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk and Metropolitan Vikenty of Tashkent and Central Asia meet with President of Tajikistan
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk and Metropolitan Vikenty of Tashkent and Central Asia meet with President of Tajikistan
On May 17, 2012, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, arrived in the capital of Tajikistan with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
Underground religious schools with kidnapped children found in Tajikistan
Underground religious schools with kidnapped children found in Tajikistan
The activity of underground religious schools whose pupils had been earlier kidnapped from their parents has been exposed in Tajikistan.
