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Before Easter at Our Lady's Dormition church in  Dandenong

Before Easter at Our Lady's Dormition church in Dandenong Source: www.russianchurchindandenong.com.au

Russian orthodox Christians are in the middel of the Passion Week, the last week before the Holy day of Easter. Today on the Maundy Thursday church services are dedicated to one of the major evangelical events: Last Supper. It is no secret that after disintegration of the Soviet Union the Russian orthodox church expierences a revival of interest to religion from the younger generation, and churches now days are more and more filled with young families not just babushkas in kerchiefs as it was in Soviet Union. The parishioner of Our Lady's Dormition church in Dandenong Kristina Kolupayeva shares the thoughts on the Sacred Week and her way to the religion.


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Russian orthodox Christians are in the middel of the Passion Week, the last week before the Holy day of Easter. Today on the Maundy Thursday church services are dedicated to one of the major evangelical events: Last Supper. It is no secret that after disintegration of the Soviet Union the Russian orthodox church expierences a revival of interest to religion from the younger generation, and churches now days are more and more filled with young families not just babushkas in kerchiefs as it was in Soviet Union. The parishioner of Our Lady's Dormition church in Dandenong Kristina Kolupayeva shares the thoughts on the Sacred Week and her way to the religion.


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