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Some 54,000 Join Religious Procession in St. Petersburg
RIA Novosti ^

Posted on 11/04/2013 12:50:21 PM PST by kronos77

ST. PETERSBURG, November 4 (RIA Novosti) – About 54,000 people joined a religious procession in the heart of Russia’s second largest city St. Petersburg on Monday, a city police spokesman said. “No violations of public order took place during the event,” the spokesman said. The procession began half an hour later than scheduled due to large number of believers willing to take part. It ended near the city’s biggest Orthodox church, Saint Isaac's Cathedral, where a service was held to commemorate Russia’s National Unity Day. Those who were unable to enter watched the service on two huge TV screens flanking the cathedral. The National Unity Day was introduced by the Kremlin in 2005 to replace the communist holiday of November 7 celebrating the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. A similar event last year gathered about 5,500 people, the local news website Fontanka.ru said.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: christianity; church; orthodoxy; russia

1 posted on 11/04/2013 12:50:22 PM PST by kronos77
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To: kronos77

“No violations of public order took place during the event,”

Like the Tea Party, they must have been terrorists /sarc


2 posted on 11/04/2013 1:03:11 PM PST by Viennacon
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To: kronos77

A different article characterized it as a “white power” rally with 11,000 visitors/protesters/marchers and 30 neo-nazis (who were arrested for public statements/uniforms).

Unless there were two “Unity Day” marches in Moscow today.


3 posted on 11/04/2013 1:08:03 PM PST by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: a fool in paradise

This was in St. Petersburg, not in Moscow.


4 posted on 11/04/2013 1:11:07 PM PST by madprof98
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To: madprof98

Okay, sorry. Thanks for the correction.


5 posted on 11/04/2013 1:12:02 PM PST by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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