Subject: CLIMB: Re-registration of the Ev. Luth. Mission in Khakassia Sent: 5/31/99 11:11 AM Received: 5/31/99 11:37 AM

From: Eric Stefanski, revski@heart.net To: Confessional Lutherans in Missionary Boldness, CLiMB@CAT41.org

Received: 5/31/99 12:34 AM

From: Rev Vsevolod Lytkin, lytkin@lytkin.nsk.su

INFORMATIONAL REPORT

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

The Board of directors of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission in Khakassia (ELMK) is glad to inform you, that effective April 30, 1999 the Ministry of Justice of Khakassia performed a re-registration of our Mission according to the new Russian "Law On Freedom Of Conscience And On Religious Associations". And now we have received all the documents that confirm this re-registration.

We were also given the registration for our congregation - Transfiguration Lutheran church. Both the Mission and the church have now been registered as 'religious organizations' that have all the rights offered by that law.

In spite of this the Procurator's Office of Khakassia undertook one more attempt to cancel the ELMK. As you remember, the Supreme Court of Khakassia considered this case twice and made two opposite verdicts. September 23, 1998 the verdict about the cessation of the state registration of the ELMK was carried out. February 12, 1999 the same Court refused to satisfy the suit of the Procurator's Office (after the consideration of this case in the Supreme Court of Russian Federation).

So, on May 11 the session of the Civic College of the Supreme Court of Russian Federation, on which the verdict to decline the suit of the Procurator's Office of Khakassia was issued, took place. The session lasted 30 minutes, which is rather long for this kind of cases. Co-chairmen of the Slavic Legal Center Mr. Anatoly V. Pchelintsev and Mr. Vladimir V. Ryakhovsky represented our interests there.

Khakassian Lutherans are thankful to all who prayed for us, who provided us with informational and financial support and who keep doing that now.

Thank you, and may God bless you!

Rev. Pavel Zayakin,

ELMK director.

May 25, 1999

Lutheran Mission in Khakassia Transfiguration Lutheran church Tel/FAX + 7 (390 35) 98 293

Email: bible@lutheran.nsk.ru

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