Community Bulletin Board

UPCOMING EVENTS

CANADIANS! As the Canadian Embassy is temporarily and partially relocating nonessential personnel, note that full consular services will continue to be provided to Canadians in distress, while there may be reductions in other services, including the trade, political and immigration sections. For updated details and registration, see www.travel.gc.ca/register.

ATTENTION ALL BRITISH CITIZENS. From the British Embassy — Important changes to the passport application process: From Sept. 1, applications for full validity British passports will be processed and printed centrally in regional Passport Processing Centres, and not in Moscow. Visit our web site to find out how the changes will affect you and how you can prepare: http://ukinrussia.fco.gov.uk.

MONDAYS

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TUESDAYS

The International Women's Club hosts WOMEN'S COFFEE usually on the second Tuesday of every month from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Le Pain Quotidien, 7 Novinsky Boulevard. Come and connect with other women, particularly expats, in a friendly, relaxed environment. Newcomers welcome! See www.iwcmoscow.ru.

Every Tuesday the CURRY CLUB meets at the Tibet Himalaya Restaurant to enjoy an evening of good food and great company. From 7 to 11 p.m. 10 Nikolskaya Ulitsa. Metro Lubyanka. (495) 287-2021. For details, e-mail Don at dcraig@list.ru.

RUSSIAN LITERATURE AND THEATER GROUP offers Western residents of Moscow an opportunity to become acquainted with the work of, and to meet, contemporary Russian writers and theater people. There are occasional vacancies for new members who should know Russian and be free once a month on Tuesday afternoons. Contact Amanda: (903) 764-4839, amanda_c@mail.ru.

WEDNESDAYS

AMERICAN WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION meets on the first and third Wednesdays of the month at Hard Rock Cafe, 44 Arbat, from 10:30 a.m. to noon, and holds newcomers coffees at the same location every second Wednesday. E-mail awomoscow@gmail.com.

FREE SAHAJA YOGA MEDITATION to combat stress, tension, anxiety and depression. Join in every Wednesday or Sunday and feel yourself completely relaxed in a home atmosphere. "A relaxed mind is an ideal workshop." Call (903) 764-5149, 229-1839, www.sahajayoga.ru.

THURSDAYS

DEMOCRATS ABROAD meets on the third Thursday of every month for political discussion at the Liga Pap restaurant, 24 Bolshaya Lubyanka (www.ligapap.ru) at 7:30 p.m. New members are always welcome! E-mail Andrew Hardisty: andrew.hardisty@mail.ru.

FRIDAYS

SUPPORT FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES OF ALCOHOLICS: English Language Al-Anon Meetings, Fridays, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., at St. Andrew's Church (Vosnesensky Pereulok). Meetings share tools and experiences to better cope with loved ones struggling with alcohol. For information, contact english-alanon-moscow@hotmail.com, call (495) 234-2384, or visit www.alanon.org.

SATURDAYS

For expats seeking to improve their Russian conversation skills, join the RUSSIAN CONVERSATION CLUB at Le Pain Quotidien (5 Lesnaya Ulitsa) at 4:30 p.m. on Saturdays. Metro Belorusskaya. All ages and levels welcome, from zero to hero. This event is always free and informal! Contact Sophie: (926) 666-8200, RussianConversationClub@gmail.com.

International Women's Club hosts a WOMEN'S COFFEE usually on the first Saturday of every month, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Le Pain Quotidien, 7 Novinsky Boulevard. Come and connect with other women, particularly expats, in a friendly, relaxed environment. Newcomer's welcome! www.iwcmoscow.ru.

The first English-speaking group of the fellowship of NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS in Moscow welcomes all English-speaking addicts to its regular weekly meetings Saturdays at 1 p.m. at 4 2nd Truzhenikov Pereulok, Bldg. 1 (basement entrance facing the playground). The only requirement for joining is a desire to stop using.

SUNDAYS

HIKERS, WALKERS AND NATURE-LOVERS meet every Sunday to hike in forests around Moscow. Information about meeting points, distances, etc. can be found at http://hike.narod.ru. We are an international community and welcome expats as well as short-term visitors.

WOMEN’S FOOTBALL CLUB is open to all women who are ready to have fun playing a bit of unprofessional football every Sunday from 5 to 7 p.m. near Metro Aeroport. For more information, contact Natalie at jennylynn@mail.ru.

MOSCOW HASH HOUSE HARRIERS, a drinking/social club with a running problem, meet every Sunday at 2 p.m. near Mayakovskaya to go run in a local park. Everyone is welcome. Runs average 40 minutes to an hour, gentle pace. Drinks after. Cost 200 rubles per person. See Moscowharriers.itgo.com, or call (985) 364-9936.

FREE SAHAJA YOGA MEDITATION to combat stress, tension, anxiety and depression. Join in every Wednesday or Sunday and feel yourself completely relaxed in a home atmosphere. "A relaxed mind is an ideal workshop." Call (903) 764-5149, 229-1839, www.sahajayoga.ru.

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OTHER EVENTS, CLUBS, CHARITIES AND SPORTS TEAMS

MOSCOW INTERACTS — Networking for the expat and Russian community. Keep up with the latest events, join interest groups and become a part of one of Moscow's fastest-growing virtual communities. See www.moscowinteracts.ning.com.

MOSCOW ART CLUB meetings and weekend programs for English-speaking families and children are held at Romanov Dvor, 4 Romanov Pereulok. For information and reservation, contact Margret Steinberg at moscowartclub@narod.ru, or visit http://moscowartclub.narod.ru. 

BOOK-SWAP CLUB is holding its meetings in the city center once a month. For more information please contact bookswap.mow@gmail.com.

INTERMIX WORLD is an international intercultural, interethnic and interfaith community that gathers regularly to promote a positive perception of mixed-race people and families. We encourage everybody interested in joining us to visit our web site www.intermixworld.org and register by writing to moscow@intermixworld.org.

FREE JIVE DANCE CLASSES. Weekly beginners' classes in Eng./Rus. at club Demokratia, Esse Jazz Cafe and Krimskiye Kanikuli. Not essential to come with a partner. Contact Richard: richardhume.hume@gmail.com, (903) 558-7135. www.coopjive.co.uk.

Fancy a game of rugby followed by a cold beer? Join the MOSCOW DRAGONS RUGBY CLUB, Moscow's expat rugby team! We welcome players of all abilities as well as social members. For more information, contact us at contact@moscowdragonsrfc.com, or visit www.moscowdragonsrfc.com.

RUSSIAN RUGBY LEAGUE is offering a test match for any amateur expat team against one of Moscow's amateur clubs. The pitch, green grass, 80 fabulous minutes of the game and fun are our duty. For more information, please e-mail inforugby13@gmail.com, or call (916) 605-9159.

BRITISH WOMEN’S CLUB is open to British passport holders and those married to British passport holders. Meetings are held weekly at Starbucks and monthly at the British Embassy. New members are very welcome but must register in advance for the embassy meetings. See www.bwcmoscow.co.uk.

CINEMA CLUB at the Italian Cultural Institute regularly shows the best contemporary Italian movies. This is a wonderful chance to see films unavailable in Russia. The films are introduced by native speakers and followed by discussions. Entrance is free. For more information and the program, e-mail cultura.iicmosca@esteri.it, or visit www.Iicmosca.esteri.it.

RGGU AMERICAN CENTER needs donations: Don’t throw away stuff you can’t take back home. Instead, donate it to RGGU’s Russian-American Academic Center for American Studies. We need books, magazines, CDs. For more information, contact Lauren or Lena at 250-6862, or e-mail amcenter@rsuh.ru.

RUSSIAN INDIAN HERITAGE ACADEMY invites all to attend various courses, weekend seminars and practical individual yoga and meditation sessions for combating psychosomatic problems related to stress, hypertension, diabetes and asthma. E-mail RIHA@indorussia.ru, or visit www.indorussia.ru.

EXPAT / NEWCOMER WEEKLY MEET — Weekly events/socializing/networking for expats and newcomers. Looking to start a weekly meet in the center (Galleria Restaurant) for all like-minded individuals here in Moscow. E-mail Glen: gbentleymoscow@yahoo.com.

Are you a MOTHER NEW TO MOSCOW? Join other international mums once a week for a coffee morning. Contact Stacey if you are interested: stacey.weldonking@gmail.com.

For people interested in libertarianism, join our LIBERTARIANS ABROAD monthly meetings. See http://Patriots.LibertariansAbroad.org, or e-mail Moscow@LibertariansAbroad.net. We look forward to seeing you!

NIGERIAN COMMUNITY RUSSIA is a nontribal, nonsectarian, noncommercial social association of Nigerians and persons of Nigerian descent and their spouses living in Russia. E-mail nigeriancommunityrussia@yahoo.com, or see www.nigeriancommunity.ru.

NIGERIANS IN DIASPORA ORGANIZATION RUSSIA (NIDOE-Russia) is part of Nigerians in Diaspora Organization Europe, a nongovernmental organization for Nigerian intellectuals abroad to participate in Nigerian national development. The focus areas are investments, trade missions, professional networking, medical missions, education, technology and IT skills transfer. More information at www.nidorussia.org.

AMERICAN CITIZEN SERVICES: The U.S. Embassy strongly encourages all Americans to register their stay in Russia. Take a moment to visit https://travelregistration.state.gov or e-mail your name, date of birth, phone number and destination in Russia to MoscowWarden@state.gov. Call (495) 728-5577 for assistance from the U.S. Embassy.

ALL AUSTRALIANS TRAVELING OVERSEAS are encouraged to register on http://smartraveller.gov.au. The information you provide will help us find you in an emergency, whether it is a natural disaster, civil disturbance or family emergency. — Australian Embassy in Moscow.

ATTENTION NZ CITIZENS: The New Zealand Embassy encourages all New Zealanders to register on its Internet-based registration facility. This lets us know that you're here and helps us help you in an emergency. Details at http://safetravel.govt.nz.

SOUTH AFRICANS in Moscow. If you wish to learn about the activities of the South African community in Moscow, please send your contact details to scatterlings.moscow@gmail.com.

ICL HELP LINE is a free, confidential, professional phone counseling service with experience in counseling on relational and personal issues, tough emotional experiences, careers and psychotherapy. Counseling is available in English, Russian, French and Polish. Call (926) 113-3373 from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m., or e-mail ICL@list.ru.

CIVIC ASSISTANCE CENTER FOR THE ADAPTATION AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OF FORCED MIGRANTS is looking for excellent English speakers to be volunteer teachers. If you can offer 1 1/2 hours in the early evening, contact Katya: 350-0427, smkat@inbox.ru.

POMOSHCH DETYAM FOUNDATION helps orphans, poor families and children's institutions. We need donations of food, clothes, school supplies, detergents, etc. Contact Anton (English, Russian, French, Italian) at antonsm2002@hotmail.com or Zhanna (Russian) at 203-1306 on weekdays between noon and 7 p.m.

MOSCOW SCHOOL 309 FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN seeks donations for its psychological development program. Tabletop games and sports equipment, child-size sofas, Lego Duplos and computer equipment would be greatly appreciated. For more information, contact Larisa Mikhailovna, the school director, at (499) 184-3941 (Russian only), or send an e-mail in English to sch309@yandex.ru.

Private animal shelter EKO needs financial and other help badly. Among beautiful dogs and cats of the shelter, you can find loyal friends. See www.priuteko.ru, or call Lyudmila: (916) 015-2873.

Dogs at MUNICIPAL DOGS' SHELTER in Kozhukhovo (southeast), caught from Moscow streets, need your warmth, love and care. You may find loyal dog and cat friends at www.vao-priut.ru. Visiting hours: noon to 4 p.m., Tuesday to Saturday. Contact Lyudmila: (916) 015-2873.

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RELIGIOUS SERVICES

ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ST. CATHERINE THE GREAT MARTYR IN-THE-FIELD, 60/2 Bolshaya Ordynka (Metro Polyanka). Saturday (at 5 p.m.) and Sunday (at 10 a.m., confession starts at 9 a.m.) in Slavonic, and in English the last Saturday of every month. There are English-speaking priests to minister to the needs of English speakers. 959-1296, www.st-catherine.ru.

WORD OF LIFE BIBLE CENTER, Local Evangelical Christians. English services Saturday at 4 p.m., and English services with Russian translation Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 10 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and 5 p.m. Word of Life Church, Senior Pastor Matts-Ola Ishoel. 2 Ul. Pavla Korchagina (Metro Alexeyevskaya). 223-3035, www.wolrus.org.

The KNIGHTS OF ST. ANDREW invite expat Catholic laymen to meet for prayer, formation and charitable work. E-mail kosamoscow@mail.ru.

ST. ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH MOSCOW, 8 Voznesensky Pereulok (Metro Okhotny Ryad). Sunday: Holy Communion at 8:30 a.m., sung Eucharist at 11 a.m. with creche for young children. Wednesday: Holy Communion at 7 p.m. followed by a Bible study and Prayer Group. Contact Fr. Simon at 629-0990, or see www.standrewsmoscow.org.

MOSCOW PROTESTANT CHAPLAINCY at St. Andrew’s Anglican Church, 8 Voznesensky Pereulok, Sunday at 3 p.m. Child care and Sunday School provided. A youth group for 7th-12th graders meets afterward. 143-3562.

MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH, 9/3 Nagatinskaya Uitsa. (Metro Nagatinskaya, Kolomenskaya). Sabbath School on Sat. at 10:30 a.m. and church service at noon in English and Russian. See www.moscowchurch.ru.

THE MOSCOW ENGLISH CONGREGATION OF JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES meets in the Kingdom Hall at 36 Ulitsa Mikhalkovskaya on Wednesday and Friday at 7 p.m., and Sunday at 10 a.m. 456-1280, jw_moscow@yahoo.com.

INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY offers English-language services at 11 a.m. at 10 Aviamotornaya Ulitsa (Metro Aviamotornaya), in the AVIA-PLAZA building, entrance at Planeta Fitness, 3rd floor. Sunday School for children 4-12 years old and a nursery for those under 3. (929) 646-8721, www.icamoscow.org.

MOSCOW GOOD NEWS CHURCH meets on Sunday at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. at Dom Kultury MIIT, 6 Novosushchyovsky Pereulok (Metro Novoslobodskaya). English service is Sunday from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at 2A Shchyolkovskoye Shosse, third floor (Metro Cherkizovskaya). 727-1472, international@mgnc.org.

THE SANTERIA HOUSE OF MOSCOW (La Casa del Santo) is a nonsectarian association of worshipers of Santeria (Afro-Cuban religion). 22 Ulitsa Klimashkina (Metro Ulitsa 1905 Goda). Contact Carlos A. Reyes at aoddun@yahoo.com or (963) 616-3498.

THE CHURCH of JESUS CHRIST of LATTER-DAY SAINTS offers worship services in English at noon on Sunday. 6 Stromynsky Pereulok (Metro Sokolniki). (964) 538-3725.

INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, an evangelical church in Moscow, welcomes you to English services Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at 29/2 Varshavskoye Shosse, (906) 093-4801, www.icfmoscow.org.

English Bible Study and Worship at GOLGOTHA BAPTIST CHURCH. 11 Ulitsa Leskova, Metro Altufyevo. Expats and students of English are welcome. Sunday at 2 p.m. in Room 2.6.

ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHES IN MOSCOW: Cathedral of The Immaculate Conception, 27 Malaya Gruzinskaya Ulitsa (Metro Krasnopresnenskaya), Catedra.ru; St. Louis des Francais, 12 Malaya Lubyanka (Metro Lubyanka), Stlouis.ru. Sunday & Holy Day Masses: In English: 9:30 a.m. at St. Louis, 12:30 p.m. at the Cathedral (English-French), 3:00 p.m. at the Cathedral, 6:00 p.m. at Our Lady of Hope at 7/4 Kutuzovsky Prospekt, Bldg. 5, Ent. 3, Apt. 42 (Metro Kievskaya). Contact the Catholic Archdiocese at (495) 785-5434, katmos@katmos.ru; Our Lady of Hope at (499) 243-9621.