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Luis Campos with a replica of the second largest of Danilovsky Monastery bells. (LUIS CAMPOS FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE) |
Harvard to return historic bells to Russian church
Orthodox officials strike exchange deal
Nearly 80 years ago, as an antireligious ideology swept the Soviet Union and destroyed countless religious artifacts, an American industrialist saved 18 towering brass bells from Moscow's Danilovsky Monastery, buying the centuries-old treasures and donating them to Harvard. (Full article: 456 words)
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