Ceremony of consecration of the Orthodox Temple of the Nativity in Naur District of Chechnya. Photo: Alya Kurganova, http://www.grozny-inform.ru/news/society/82467/

06 March 2017, 10:52

Major Orthodox Temple consecrated in Chechnya

The Naur District of Chechnya hosted the ceremony of consecration of the OrthodoxTemple of the Nativity, the second largest church, designed for 350 parishioners.

The ceremony was attended by Varlaam, Bishop of Makhachkala and Grozny, an official of the Ministry for National Policy, External Relations, Press and Information, officials of the Naur District administration, as well as Orthodox residents. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by an official of the Chechen Press Ministry.

At present, more than 9800 residents live in the district centre of Naurskaya, of which about 1500 people are Orthodox believers.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.

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