I read the following email today upon my return from vacation and reading many emails I had amassed. I though some of you may be interested in its contents.
I have had an email this morning from the Metropolitan about a new law in the Russian Federation, which subjects all non-profit organizations (churches) to government oversight, including the filing of a tax return by April 15th of each year on all financial activity, the subject of sermons, etc. This effectively returns the people to the same situation that they were under in the old Soviet days, when the "church" had to answer to a government liason [sic] officer. …