On October 1, in the first year of the Yekaterinburg Artillery Institute, classes began on the "Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture." The cycle is designed for the entire academic year. Hieromonk Hieromonk Jerome (Mironov) conducts weekly classes with cadets at the invitation of the institute's leadership. The priest has been caring for the institute for several years.

Quaker, Orthodox and Catholic charities took part in the Peace Flight. Four human rights activists and charities set out on a trip around the country in a railroad car painted by children. The purpose of the action is to collect humanitarian aid for the children of Chechnya.

On October 8, 2003 Literaturnaya Gazeta published an article by Anatoly Salutsky "French with Nizhny Novgorod" devoted to the analysis of the new seasonal schedule of Russian TV channels. One of the issues that the author draws attention to is the presence and presentation of "bad news" in newscasts and other TV programs and the need to replace them with good news. However, A. Salutsky looks at this problem from an unexpected point of view.

Moscow church of Cosmas and Damian in Shubin, Priest Georgy Chistyakov, cleric of the denied reports of his participation in the human rights conference "Human rights must be a fact, not an idealistic dream," organized by Moscow Scientologists. In a letter addressed to Nina De Castro, one of the leaders of the Church of Scientology in Moscow, Fr. George explained that he accidentally found out about the presence of his name in the list of participants in the event scheduled for October 10th.

The inhabitants of the Paigarmsky Paraskevo-Voznesensky convent of the Saransk diocese refused to accept a new Russian passport, explaining their decision by the presence of the “number of the beast” 666 in the symbolism of the document. ", explaining to the nuns that the exchange of passports will not interfere with the salvation of the soul. V. Shirshikova also reported that similar incidents were registered in other regions of the republic among Orthodox believers.

The intention to run for the State Duma from Buryatia was announced by the chairman of the Buddhist religious community of Ulan-Ude "Lamrin" Choi-dorzhi Budaev. Rivals Lama may be the former Prosecutor General of Russia Yuri Skuratov (KPRF), the representative of the Liberal Democratic Party Alexander Kardash, the current State Duma deputy from Buryatia Vasily Kuznetsov (United Russia), assistant member of the Federation Council Bair Tsyrenov.

On October 7, an agreement was signed in Saratov on the creation of a unified Council of Protestant Churches, which was concluded by 12 leaders of Protestant associations, including the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Seventh Day Adventists, Evangelical Baptist Christians, and Evangelical Christians.

According to the press service of the Arkhangelsk diocese, elementary theological courses have been opened at the Northern State Medical University. Actually, classes in church disciplines have been held at the institute for the third year, but now teaching will continue according to an in-depth program. Classes will be held not only in the form of lectures, but also in the form of seminars. Classes are free, they take place once a week, they are conducted by graduates of the Orthodox St.

The Roman Catholic Apostolic Administration in Saratov bought the building of the temple, which previously belonged to the Old Believer Church. The deal, according to which the temple should be sold for 35 thousand dollars, was concluded in 2001 by the Catholic Bishop Clemens Pickel and the chairman of the council of the Assumption Old Believer community, Timofey Gilev.