Ishim, a women’s monastery of St. John in the Tyumen region of Siberia has been freezed by the registration Service of Russia.
The state agency said that the monastery, headed by a U.S. citizen, failed to meet the registration rules for NGOs in Russia. On scrutiny, it was discovered that the activities of the organization did not match up to those that declared in its order.
Further, the monastery has been moved to its original location, that is, Odessa, Ukraine.
