A Protestant student appealed the government's decision to change the working day to Sunday
On August 4, a student of the State Pedagogical Institute of the Republic of Komi, Elvira Bereza, appealed to the Syktyvkar City Court against the decision of the Russian government, according to which Sunday, May 4, 2008, was declared a working day. The applicant is a member of the "God's Glory" Pentecostal Church in Syktyvkar, and the rules of that church stipulate the veneration of Sunday as a day of special worship to God. According to E.