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All, Came across this story; thought it might interest you. Praise God for the continued growth of Russian Catholicism. Russian Catholic Church Finds Home [ catholic.org] God Bless ProCatholico
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Amen!
May the Lord use the new St. Olga's Church to build up the faith of the people of Moscow.
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Russian Mayor Blocks Plan for Carmelite Convent
Orthodox Bishop Saw Proposal as Challenge to His Flock
MOSCOW, MARCH 9, 2004 (Zenit.org).- Tensions between Catholics and Orthodox continue to simmer in Russia.
In the latest development, the mayor of Novgorod, a city north of Moscow, has denied the pastor of the Church of the Assumption permission to build a small Carmelite convent next to the parish.
The convent was to be built in the Verkhnije Pecery neighborhood, a residential zone. However, Mayor Vadim Bulavinov decided that a convent is not a normal house and thus cannot be built in the area.
Orthodox Bishop Arzamas Georgij Danilov of Novgorod had expressed opposition to the convent.
He said he had received letters from "writers, artists and simple people" who feared the construction of the Catholic convent "would be a challenge to the Orthodox," according to the Italian newspaper Avvenire.
Bishop Danilov contended the region lacks any Catholic tradition and that the new convent would be "an open attempt to convert the Orthodox people to the Catholic faith."
Following a meeting with the Orthodox leader, the pastor of the Catholic parish, Father Mario Beverati, said: "If the Orthodox diocese is opposed, the nuns will not come to Novgorod."
During a press conference, local journalist Oleg Rodin explained that before the Communist Revolution of 1917, there was a Catholic parish in Novgorod with 5,000 faithful, two churches and some chapels.
"There is no evidence of intolerance, hostility or conflicts for 100 years between Orthodox and Catholics in Nizhnij Novgorod," Rodin said.
The journalist added that the two Churches "suffered in the same measure after the revolution. Places of worship were destroyed, both Orthodox as well as Catholic; priests and hundreds of faithful of both confessions were persecuted and killed."
Relations between Orthodox and Catholics have been strained. The former accuse the latter of proselytizing for allegedly targeting Orthodox for conversion, an accusation that Catholics reject.
The Orthodox Patriarchate of Moscow reacted negatively to John Paul II's decision in 2002 to raise four apostolic administrations in Russia to the rank of dioceses.
Russian authorities later expelled or denied entry visas to the country to six Catholic priests and bishops.
For shame Alexy! Shame on you!
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Another bit of good news, a Greek Catholic Church in Russia!  Construction Area Consecrated for Greek Catholic Church in Novokuznetsk, Russia
03.04.04 (RISU.org.ua) � Novokuznetsk, Russia -- Roman Catholic Bishop Joseph Werth, S.J., ordinary of the Transfiguration diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Siberian Russia, on 29 February 2004 consecrated land for the construction of a church in which services will be conducted both in the Byzantine and Latin rites.
It has taken more than Fr. Oleksii Barannikov of the Greek Catholic parish of the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God to design the project and get permission for construction from the local authorities. The Catholic community in Novokuznetsk started in the 1950s. In 1959, Fr. Vasyl Rudka arrived in Prokopiyevsk and conducted services in the Byzantine and Latin rites.
In 1983, Redemptorist Fr. Yaroslav Spodar was ordained by a Greek Catholic bishop in the underground. In 1993, the Roman Catholic parish of the Mother of God was officially registered and in 1999 there was another official registration.
Today, Novokuznetsk is home to two Catholic parishes. The Greek Catholic faithful gather in a chapel purchased by nuns from Lithuania and Roman Catholic faithful celebrate Mass in a two-room apartment downtown.
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Dear Friends, A case in point, St Josaphat himself opposed the formation of a Byzantine branch of the Carmelite Order . . .  Although I don't suppose he would have blocked the construction of a new Carmelite monastery  . There is one Carmelite monastery that is today an Orthodox monastery in Horodyschenske, Ukraine. The icon ( and it is an icon) of Our Lady of Mt Carmel there (based on the image in Naples) is listed as an Orthodox miraculous icon by Professor Poselyanin in his book on icons "Bogomater" published by Jordanville. It is called, by the Orthodox, "Shkaplirna" or "of the Scapular!" Alex
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Alex,
Do you have a site where one could view the icon of OL of Mt. Carmel?
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