Document #1128294
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
The Research Directorate found no reports of recent True Orthodox Church activity in Kazakhstan, or any references to societal and/or government opinions toward this faith among sources consulted.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Sources Consulted
IRB Databases
Unsuccessful attempt to contact the True
Orthodox Church in Russia
Internet sites including:
Apostle1.com
Barnabus Fund
Blagovest Religious News Agency
International Helsinki Federation for
Human Rights
Keston
Orthodox Christian Information
Center
Orthodox.net
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Religioscope
Religious Movements, University of
Virginia
Russian Christian Homepage
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of
Russia (in Russian)
Russian Religion News
True Orthodox Church, "Orthodox Church
of Mother of God Derjavnaya", "Mother of God Centre" - the
Marian movement in Russia
United States Department of State
International Religious Freedom Report 2001
Unofficial Home Page of The One, Holy,
Catholic and Apostolic Church
World News Connection
Yakov Krotov's Library (Christian
resource pages in English and Russian)