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since 1980, nuns returned to the monastery only in 1994.

Putin congratulated on Tuesday the Russian Orthodox believers with upcoming Christmas and said that the Russian government would allocate over 2 billion rubles (about $67 million) in 2010 for the reconstruction of the facilities that belong to the Church.

The Russian Orthodox Church and its followers celebrate Christmas on January 7 rather than on December 25.

MOSCOW, January 6 (RIA Novosti)



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