Word: novodyevichi
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Dates: during 1944-1944
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...Council further passes on plans to open theological schools, nonexistent in Russia since 1917. The first one, Moscow's Theological Institute in the 400-year-old Novodyevichi monastery, was reopened three weeks ago. More recently the Council has granted Gregorian Armenians permission to open a seminary near Erivan, is now considering a request from Moslems in the Uzbek Republic who want to open a school for mullahs. Poliansky concedes that religious freedom would be an empty slogan if churches could not recruit clergy, declares there is "no objection" to any faith having religious schools for clergy...
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