Alexy II

Harvard U bells returned to Russia

Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008

MOSCOW— The head of Russia's Orthodox church has blessed the return of massive bells to Russia that were used at Harvard University for decades.Alexy II spoke at a ceremony at Moscow's Danilovsk...

• Harvard U bells returned to Russia - Boston Globe

Monastery bells return to Russia from U.S.

Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008

... of the deal, and the copies arrived in New York in late August. Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Alexy II called the replicas "the best church art in modern history" and blessed them before their departure.On September 12, the first bell returned to Moscow.

• Monastery bells return to Russia from U.S. - Ria Novosti

Monastery bells return to Russia from U.S.

Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008

... of the deal, and the copies arrived in New York in late August. Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Alexy II called the replicas "the best church art in modern history" and blessed them before their departure.On September 12, the first bell returned to Moscow.

Harvard U bells returned to Russia

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008

The head of Russia's Orthodox church has blessed the return of massive bells to Russia that were used at Harvard University for decades.