Word: danilov
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Monday and Tuesday, Reagan took his human-rights campaign public. At the ancient Danilov Monastery, recently given back to the Russian Orthodox Church, he preached religious freedom: "We pray that the return of this monastery signals a willingness to return to believers the thousands of other houses of worship which are now closed, boarded up or used for secular purposes." At ; Spaso House, the American Ambassador's residence, the President was host to a meeting with 96 dissidents and refuseniks, including the Ziemans; some of them attended despite harassment and left fearing punishment. Said Reagan: "I wanted to convey . . . support...
Reagan: "The monks of Danilov, the dissidents and refuseniks . . . the students and young people have shown once again that spiritual values are cherished in this nation...
...answers, he'd heard the great chorus of bells ringing especially for him from the Danilov Monastery, a spiritual island in the embrace of Moscow. There he had summoned all his stagecraft to read lines from Alexander Solzhenitsyn: "The secret of the pacifying Russian countryside . . . is in the churches...
Another problem developed when word reached the presidential party that the Soviets had questioned the participation of one of the religious groups scheduled to meet with Reagan at the Danilov monastery on Monday...