SPEED DATING party for single professionals. Every Monday and Wednesday. To register: (495) 504-3139, party@helloparty.ru, www.helloparty.ru.

For all NEWCOMERS TO MOSCOW, we gather on Petrovka Ul. at the Kitchkov bar for networking and socializing. This is a great way to be introduced to like-minded individuals in Moscow from all over the world. E-mail me for more details at gbentleymoscow@aol.com.

ENTREPRENEURS' ORGANIZATION RUSSIA meets monthly in Moscow and St. Petersburg. EO is an international learning/support group for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs. 7,000 members worldwide. See EOnetwork.org or EOnetwork.ru, or call Julia at (921) 398-1689 for more information.

THE 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 at (903) 764-4839 or amanda_c@mail.ru.

Join AMC PUBLIC SPEAKING CLUB today! We are noncommercial and our goal is to provide you the best environment to improve your communication and leadership skills. Only native or fluent English speakers can apply for membership. To join and learn more, please visit our web site at www.publicspeakingclub.ru.

The NIGERIAN COMMUNITY RUSSIA is a nontribal, nonsectarian, noncommercial social association of Nigerians and persons of Nigerian descent and their spouses living in Russia. Nigerians are encouraged to register their membership by e-mailing nigeriancommunityrussia@yahoo.com. For more information, contact www.nigeriancommunity.ru.

SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE classes take place on Wednesdays at 8 p.m. at 13 Malaya Pirogovskaya, M. Frunzenskaya. All are welcome. You do not need to come with a partner. Entrance fee is 100 rubles. For more information, contact Marina Levina, tel. (906) 031-4496 or visit www.scottishdance.ru.

The KNIGHTS OF ST. ANDREW invite expat Catholic laymen to meet for prayer, formation and charitable work. For more information, contact Benedict Carter, tel. 997-7538.

Do you want to be a better communicator? Join MOSCOW FREE SPEAKERS, an English public-speaking club. Meetings are every first and third Thursday at 7 p.m. at Chama Center, 52A Leningradskoye Shosse (M. Vodny Stadion). For more information, visit Moscowfreespeakers.ru or e-mail toastmasters_ru@yahoo.com.

DEMOCRATS ABROAD meets on the third Thursday of the month for political discussion at "The Place" restaurant, 52 Kosmodamianskaya Nab., Bldg. 5 (M. Paveletskaya). New members are welcome! For more information, contact Andrew Hardisty at ahardisty@excite.com.

The EKO private animal shelter needs financial and other help badly. For more information, please visit Vozmi-sobaky.ru/dog2.html or call 967-5459. For English speakers, call (916) 015-2873.

RELIGIOUS SERVICES

ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ST. CATHERINE THE GREAT MARTYR IN-THE-FIELD, 60/2 Bolshaya Ordynka (M. Polyanka). Services on Saturdays (at 5 p.m.) and Sundays (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, St-catherine.ru.

WORD OF LIFE BIBLE CENTER, Local Evangelical Christians. Services for English speakers Saturday at 4, 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 (M. Alexeyevskaya). 223-3035, Wolrus.org.

ST. ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH MOSCOW, 8 Voznesensky Per. (M. 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 Standrewsmoscow.org.

MOSCOW PROTESTANT CHAPLAINCY at St. Andrew’s Anglican Church, 8 Voznesensky Per., meets every Sunday at 3 p.m. Child care is provided during the service, and we also offer Sunday School. A youth group for 7th-12th graders meets after the service. We also have a number of midweek programs. 143-3562.

MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH, 9/3 Nagatinskaya Ul. (M. Nagatinskaya, Kolomenskaya). Sabbath School on Saturday at 11 a.m., church service at noon. Services are held in English and Russian. Moscowchurch.ru.

The MOSCOW ENGLISH CONGREGATION OF JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES meets in the Kingdom Hall at 36 Ul. Mikhalkovskaya on Wednesdays and Fridays at 7 p.m., and Sundays at 10 a.m. 456-1280, jw_moscow@yahoo.com.

INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY offers English-language services at 11 a.m. on the third floor of 2A Shchyolkovskoye Shosse (M. Cherkizovskaya). Translation is available into Russian and other languages on request. Sunday School for children 4-12 years old and a nursery for those under 3. (962) 933-3581, icamoscow@yandex.ru, Icamoscow.org.

MOSCOW GOOD NEWS CHURCH meets Sundays at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. at Dom Kultury MIIT, 6 Novosushchyovsky Per. (M. Novoslobodskaya). Free buses from the metro. All English speakers are welcome to the English service Sunday afternoons from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at 2A Shchyolkovskoye Shosse, third floor (M. Cherkizovskaya). 727-1472, international@mgnc.org.

The CHURCH of JESUS CHRIST of LATTER-DAY SAINTS offers worship services in English at 9:30 a.m. Sundays at 6. Stromynsky Per. (M. Sokolniki). (964) 538-3726.

INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, an evangelical church in the heart of Moscow, welcomes you to our English worship services Sundays at 11:15 a.m. Bolshoi Nikolopeskovsky Per., 12A, 2nd floor. (906) 093-4801, icfmoscow.org.

THE SANTERIA HOUSE OF MOSCOW (La Casa del Santo) is a nonsectarian social association of worshippers who are interested in Santeria (Afro-Cuban religion). Our place is at Ul. Klimashkina Bldg. 22 (M. Ulitsa 1905 Goda). Contact Carlos A. Reyes at aoddun@yahoo.com or (963) 616-3498.

ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHES IN MOSCOW: Cathedral of The Immaculate Conception, 27 Malaya Gruzinskaya Ulitsa (M. Krasnopresnenskaya), www.catedra.ru; St. Louis des Français, 12 Malaya Lubyanka (M. Lubyanka), www.stlouis.ru. Sunday & Holy Day Masses: In English: 9:30am 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 (M. Kievskaya); in FRENCH: 10:30 a.m. at St. Louis; in GERMAN: 10:00 a.m. at the German Embassy, 56 Mosfilmovskaya Ulitsa (M. Kievskaya); in ITALIAN: 1:30 p.m. at St. Louis; in SPANISH-PORTUGUESE: 2:30 p.m. at the Cathedral; in KOREAN: 10:30 a.m. at the Cathedral; in LATIN: 8:00 a.m. at St. Louis. Contact the Catholic Archdiocese at (495) 785-5434, katmos@katmos.ru; Our Lady of Hope and Filipino Chaplaincy at (499) 243-9621.