Moscow’s Easter gift festival is underway from 12 to 23 April in 24 downtown squares and 19 parks. Typical products from the Russian regions include cakes, honey, cheeses . . . and bells. “If we had a ...

MOSCOW (AP) -- The Danilov Monastery's original 17th century bells ended up at Harvard University 73 years ago -- spared destruction from a state atheism campaign. Now the monks are hoping to get them ...

MOSCOW—At the top of the bell tower of Danilov Monastery, fruit flies buzz around the dark metal bells and a cool breeze sweeps off the nearby Moscow river. The 11 bells hang in heavy silence, far ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A set of church bells rang out for the first time on Friday after being returned to Moscow's oldest monastery from the United States nearly 80 years after they were sold off as ...

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A set of antique bells given to Harvard University in 1930 is creating a bigger din than officials want to hear. The bells once belonged to Moscow’s Saint Danilov Monastery, thought to be the oldest ...

For the 12th time, Russia will hold the Easter Festival this year. Starting May 5 (Orthodox Easter Sunday) and running through May 16, soloists, choirs and the orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre will ...

The seventh “Danilov Bells” Russian bell-ringing festival will be held in the bell tower of Moscow's St. Daniel (“Danilovsky”) Monastery on September 25. Bell compositions will be performed at the ...

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Moscow’s Easter gift festival is underway from 12 to 23 April in 24 downtown squares and 19 parks. Typical products from the Russian regions include cakes, honey, cheeses . . . and bells. “If we had a ...