A charitable organization established under the Voronezh diocesan administration takes care of lonely elderly people, whose apartments, according to the will, after the death of the guardians, become the property of this organization and are sold on the secondary housing market. Thus, the Voronezh diocese has found a way to combine social activities and earning money. It should be noted that the further fate of the proceeds is unclear even to representatives of the diocese.

After the statement by the Governor of the Voronezh Region Vladimir Kulakov about the preparation of the transfer of the building of the former theological seminary, now occupied by the Voronezh Assembly College, to the Russian Orthodox Church, the teachers of the technical school announced the possibility of holding a protest action, in which 2 thousand people could become participants.

On February 11, a meeting was held in Khabarovsk between representatives of the Far Eastern Society of Christian Soldiers (FET) and pastors of local churches. The society is a public organization of interfaith orientation ( more about it ). The purpose of the meeting was to introduce the pastors to the society, and the main topic for discussion was the relationship between Christianity and the army.

Every year in the Belgorod region, the action "Days of Mercy" is held, organized jointly by the administration of the region and the Belgorod diocese. As part of this campaign, the mayor of Belgorod Vasily Potryasaev and the ruling bishop of the diocese, Archbishop John (Popov) visited a strict regime colony in the village. Sosnovka and gave the prisoners a color TV and 100 sets of bed linen. Sources Action "Days of Mercy" takes place in the Belgorod region // Portal-credo.ru 11.02.2003

On February 11, the Golovinsky Intermunicipal Court of Moscow resumed hearings on the case of the Jehovah's Witnesses, which had been interrupted in April 2002, accused of inciting religious hatred, destroying families, and psychologically influencing adherents. The case to ban Jehovah's Witnesses began in 1998.

On February 10, a statement was circulated by the Association of Committees for the Defense of Jews in the former USSR, the authors of which call for depriving Alla Borodina's book "Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture" of the status of a textbook, since "clericalization of the Russian secondary school, of the entire state is unacceptable." According to the signatories of the statement, the textbook is more of a "variant of a primitive catechism than a culturological textbook for secular educational