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The following text is an excerpt of a Stephen Ryan’s article published on the Mystic Post News on September 21, 2016.

The United States Government is banning religious freedoms and moving into the future without God, while the Russian Government is funding the restoration of Orthodox Churches with public money.  Inaugural ceremonies are attended by patriarchs and priests armed with holy water and incense.  Russian Orthodox Bishops regularly conduct religious ceremonies, chanting prayers, burning incense, and sprinkling holy water, at military installations.  Last year, Russia installed an Orthodox chapel inside a nuclear submarine named after a Russian Saint.

Russian Spiritual Renewal is virtually unknown in the United States and contemporary cultural events suggest Western society is rapidly rejecting God as our creator, while Russia appears embracing Christianity, even “Glorifying God.”

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