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TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN (ANS) -- A planned visit to Uzbekistan by Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill – that was due to have begun on Wednesday, November 2, 2011 -- appears to have been obstructed by the Uzbek authorities, Forum 18 News Service (www.forum18.org) has reported.
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Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill conducts Easter night service in the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow on April 19, 2009. (UPI Photo/Anatoli Zhdanov) |
“Some believe the Uzbek authorities were unhappy over the Moscow Patriarchate's decision in July to change its structures in Central Asia and appoint a new bishop to Tashkent without consulting with or gaining the approval of the Uzbek authorities,” said Forum 18, which is based in Oslo, Norway.
The Orthodox Diocese, now part of the Central Asian Metropolitan Region, has not yet been able to re-register under its new structure.
However, an Orthodox priest in Uzbekistan has told Forum 18 that the Patriarch's visit will now take place between November 23 and 25.
“Meanwhile, fines and prosecutions of Protestants continue,” said the Forum 18 story.
| Dan Wooding, 70, is an award winning British journalist now living in Southern California with his wife Norma, to whom he has been married for 48 years. They have two sons, Andrew and Peter, and six grandchildren who all live in the UK. He is the founder and international director of ASSIST (Aid to Special Saints in Strategic Times) and the ASSIST News Service (ANS) and was, for ten years, a commentator, on the UPI Radio Network in Washington, DC. He now hosts the weekly “Front Page Radio” show on KWVE in Southern California which is also carried throughout the United States. The program is also aired in Great Britain on Calvary Chapel Radio UK and also in Belize and South Africa. Besides this, Wooding is a host for His Channel Live, which is carried via the Internet to some 200 countries and also provides a regular commentary for Worship Life Radio on KWVE. You can follow Dan Wooding on Facebook under his name there or at ASSIST News Service. He is the author of some 44 books. Two of the latest include his autobiography, “From Tabloid to Truth”, which is published by Theatron Books. To order a copy, press this link. Wooding, who was born in Nigeria of British missionary parents, has also recently released his first novel “Red Dagger” which is available this link. |  |
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