The Gorodets administration refused to allow Jehovah's Witnesses to hold a congress at the stadium

On July 10, 2013 it became known that on June 25, 2013 the administration of the Gorodetsky district of the Nizhny Novgorod region refused to issue permission to Jehovah's Witnesses to hold a convention for local stadium.

The head of administration stressed that a large number of Orthodox pilgrims. In his refusal, he also referred to the opinion of the local bishop Gorodetsky and Vetluzhsky Augustus (Anisimov).

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• Fagan G. Russia: Orthodox relics block Jehovah's Witness meeting // Forum 18. 2013. 10 July.