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Beijing & Harbin Services for Beslan Victims

English Translation by Nina Tkachuk Dimas

Beijing, September 6, 2004.

Lay people conducted a service for the dead (panihida) at the Memorial Cross located on the territory of the Russian Federation's embassy in the PRC.

On Sunday in Harbin's Church of the Protection of the Theotokos, a lay service was conducted in memory of the victims of Beslan with the participation of practically the entire Orthodox population of Harbin (over 150 people).