The government of Russia has transferred title to 26 objects of religious purpose to the Kaliningrad Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church.According to the order published in the database of statutory regulations of the Russian government, Lutheran churches account for the most part of the transferred property (15).
Half of them (7) are ruined and are subject to renovation.
The list of transferred property includes several parish houses, chapels, the Roman Catholic Church, the old church in Quednau and the monastery buildings Rossiten Castle in Rybachy village which also lie in ruins.
Last week, the Kaliningrad Diocese received title for two old churches intended "for primary functional use", as is the property transferred today.
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