A Photo Essay. Orthodox China: Is It Dead? DO Check the Tomb!

New Martyrs of China of the Boxer Rebellion

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Russian Orthodox congregation in Yining, Xinjiang PRC. The priest came from Kazakhstan to celebrate liturgy.

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Russian Orthodox congregation in Yining, Xinjiang PRC.

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Interior of the dome of the Mission Church, Shanghai PRC

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Mission Church, Shanghai PRC

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Mission Church, Shanghai PRC

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St Nicholas Church, Shanghai PRC

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Interior of St Nicholas Church, Shanghai PRC, liturgy on the feastday of St John Maksimovich, 2010

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Russian memorial to the fallen of the Russo-Japanese War in Dalian (Port Arthur) PRC

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Russian memorial to the fallen of World War II in Dalian (Port Arthur) PRC

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Prime Minister Putin (1952- ) with Archbishop Mark Golovkov of Yegorevsk (1964- ) in the Russian Embassy chapel in Beijing PRC

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Russian Orthodox parish church in Harbin PRC in the 1930s

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Virgin Mary Church in Harbin PRC

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St Sofia Church in Harbin PRC

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Easter 2010 in Harbin PRC… Khristos voskrese! Yet again… after all those years…

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Russian Orthodoxy in China ain’t down for the count… it’s just lying doggo for the time being. Remember, there’s life in the ol’ dog yet! Chad Morgan said so… and he wouldn’t lie, would he?

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