http://zionica.com Where Christianity intersects with politics, culture, and entertainment. Thu, 23 May 2013 09:55:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://zionica.com/2012/02/06/obligatory-religion-in-russian-schools/ http://zionica.com/2012/02/06/obligatory-religion-in-russian-schools/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:30:31 +0000 Zionica http://zionica.com/?p=18289

From September 2012, fundamentals of religion will be introduced as an obligatory subject in all schools of Russia. According to their own (or, probably, their parents’) choice, schoolchildren, starting from the 4th or the 5th year, will study fundamentals of Orthodox Christianity, Islam, Judaism or Buddhism (these denominations have been officially recognized “traditional for Russia”),…]]> http://zionica.com/2012/02/06/obligatory-religion-in-russian-schools/feed/ 7