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SOVIETS LATEST.

SECULARISING CHURCHES. LONDON, May 8. A "Times" message received from its Riga correspondent states that the Ukranian Soviet Government has ordered all Roman Catholic, Jewish, and Orthodox Russian chapels tc be closed, and the buildings converted into clubs for workers. The congregations are raising funds to rebuild other churches. Fifty high church dignitaries and followers of Archbishop Tikhon have been arrested for endeavouring to proclaim a new Patriarch,

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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 108, 10 May 1927, Page 7

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SOVIETS LATEST. Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 108, 10 May 1927, Page 7

SOVIETS LATEST. Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 108, 10 May 1927, Page 7