Sharyl Corrado, compiler
Absolutnie Fantastyczne - Wydawnictwa chrzescijanskie
http://www.af.com.pl/wzmacniacz.html (in Polish)
This pentecostal/charismatic publisher in Gorzów Wielkopolski,
Poland, produces a magazine and distributes Bibles, Christian books,
videos, and tracts. Titles can be searched and ordered on-line. Books
available include titles by Józef Kajfosz of Krakow, Poland, as well as
such authors as Watchman Nee, Derek Prince, Kenneth Hagin, Yonggi Cho,
Andrew Murray, and others.
Christian Camping International/Russia
http://www.ccirussia.org (in Russian and English)
Seeking to train and equip Christian camping leaders, CCI/Russia
publishes resource and training materials on Christian camping in
Russian, Latvian, and Georgian, and offers seminars for Christian camp
directors.
Doukhobor Homepage
http://www.doukhobor-homepage.com/
This private Canadian Web site compiles information on the
Doukhobors (or Dukhobors), literally "spirit-wrestlers," a religious
sectarian movement active in Imperial Russia since the mid-1700s.
Severely persecuted, they were given permission in 1897 to emigrate to
Canada, where they remain active to this day. Provides information on
Doukhobor history, culture, and religious beliefs, as well as a
bibliography of published sources and a directory of Doukhobor
organizations. A similar, although less detailed, Web site on the
Molokan sectarian movement can be found at http://gecko.gc.maricopa.edu/clubs/russian/molokan.
In Your Pocket City Travel Guides to Central and Eastern Europe
http://www.inyourpocket.com/
This commercial site provides extremely helpful, free on-line
travel guides to the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania,
Slovakia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Russia, Belarus, Moldova, and the
city of Kaliningrad. Provides information on the history, currency,
customs, calendar, and economy of each country, as well as guides to
major cities, contact information for government officials, and
information for travelers.
International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
http://www.ihf-hr.org/
The International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, a group of
nongovernmental, not-for-profit organizations seeking to protect human
rights in Europe, North America, and the Central Asian republics of the
former Soviet Union, gathers, analyzes, and disseminates information on
human rights conditions in its regions. Recent studies on "Women's
Rights in the Former Soviet Union and Central and South-Eastern
Europe," "Torture and Inhuman Treatment or Punishment," "Religious
Discrimination and Related Violations," and annual regional reports,
are available free of charge online as well as in print.
Rostovskaia Tserkov Khrista Spasitelia [Rostov Church of Christ the Savior]
http://church.jeo.ru/ (in Russian)
The Web site of this Pentecostal Church in Rostov-na-Donu, Russia,
provides a catalog of Russian-language Christian internet resources,
including links to online Bibles, Christian educational institutions,
publishers and literature distributors, churches, Christian
organizations, music, and the arts. Links appear to be updated
regularly.
Russkoe Pravoslavie [Russian Orthodoxy]
http://www.ortho-rus.ru/ (in Russian)
This official Web site of the Russian Orthodox Church is difficult
to navigate but provides much extremely valuable information, such as
contact information for church officials, monasteries, dioceses, and
educational institutions; information on the saints, the history of the
church, church news, and current events; and available print and
internet resources.
Yakov Krotov's Library
http://www.krotov.org (in Russian and English)
Moscow church historian and journalist Yakov Krotov maintains a Web
site that since 25 January 2001 has provided daily news about
Christianity in Russia. By selecting "more" in the site's introductory
paragraph, one may access links to information on Russian church
history, art, saints, Bible studies, and Russian current affairs.
Krotov's site also includes essays on Russian economics, politics, and
church history.
Worldwide Faith News
http://www.wfn.org (in English, French, German, and Spanish)
This comprehensive database (1997-) offers official news releases
and other documents, primarily from mainline Protestant and ecumenical
sources. It indexes more than 14,000 documents, including numerous full
texts from the United Methodist News Service, Lutheran World
Information, Episcopal News Service, and more limited coverage from
Adventist, Presbyterian, Church of the Brethren, and other sources. Its
search engine offers the opportunity to focus on different areas of the
world, such as the former Soviet Union or Eastern Europe.
Sharyl Corrado is a doctoral student in Russian history at the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL.
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