The register of damaged and ruined church buildings of Russia has almost 4 thousand objects already, the website of the Moscow Patriarchate reported on July 1. At the same time, it was noted that, according to the total estimates of the diocesan tree keepers, about a thousand churches have a high risk of collapse in the next decade.
Two years ago, the Supreme Church Council approved the concept of creating an electronic and digital archive for all ruined churches in a short time.

Pope Reappoints Archbishop George Antonysamy to Vatican Dicastery
Pope Leo XIV has reappointed Archbishop George Antonysamy of Madras-Mylapore as a member of the Dicastery for Evangelization, one of the Vatican’s most important departments


