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...Talks stalled over the costs of sending the bells to Russia and the purchase of their replacements, which the University was unwilling to pay. Last September, however, a Russian metals mogul offered $1 million to transport the bells to Moscow and to finance their replacements. According to the Danilov Monastery??s website, the return of the bells represents “the restoration of historical truth in relation to the Russian faithful.” “As a scholar of religion, the religious aspects of this process are fascinating,” Eck said...
...mildly clamorous—bell-ringing festivities.The Lowell House bells were purchased from the Soviet Union by Charles R. Crane, who presented them as a gift to Harvard in 1930. Since the fall of the USSR and the end of forced secularism in Russia, the monks of the Danilov Monastery??whence the bells originate—have been asking for their return. It seems this summer they may get them back, in exchange for a new set of bells to take their place in the Lowell tower. Currently, it’s high time for Christmas music...
...adding weight to the rumor, Laursen admitted visiting the Danilovsky Monastery??the original home of the bells—while in Moscow with his family this summer...
Danilov representatives say the Soviets looted the bells and have sought their return for almost 20 years. Their quest intensified last year before the 700th anniversary of the death of St. Danil, the monastery??s founder...
...discussion in the Lowell House Library on Friday, the monks described the bells’ spiritual dimension and the monastery??s past while Lowell historians talked about the instrument’s time hanging in Cambridge...