SPEED DATING party for single professionals. Every Tuesday and Sunday. To register: +7 (495) 504-3139, [email protected], www.helloparty.ru.
The BOOK SWAP CLUB is holding its meetings in the city center once a month. For more information please contact [email protected].
MOSCOW HASH HOUSE HARRIERS, a drinking/social club with a running problem. We meet every Sunday at 1 p.m. on the steps outside Tchaikovsky Concert Hall (Metro Mayakovskaya) to run in a local park. Runs average an hour at gentle pace, followed by drinks. All welcome. 150 rubles. See Moscowharriers.itgo.com, or call +7 (916) 025-3309.
The MOSCOW ORATORIO SOCIETY will begin rehearsals (Wednesday evenings) in September for a holiday concert of Handel's Messiah and other seasonal music. All voice parts welcome. Great chance to join a group of singers from Russia and 15 other countries. Write [email protected]. or visit Moscoworatorio.com.
SUPPORT FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES OF ALCOHOLICS, FRIDAY EVENINGS: English Language Al-Anon Meetings, NEW DAY: Fridays, 7:30 - 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 [email protected] or 495-234-2384. Or visit Alanon.org.
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 [email protected].
The 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 tel. 250-6862 or e-mail [email protected].
THE EXPAT OVER 30S FOOTBALL (SOCCER!) LEAGUE is looking for new players to join one of eight teams playing weekly on the full-size indoor pitch at Dynamo Stadium. Games are 11-a-side with pro referees, fully sponsored kits and Powerade. If you're 28 or over and have played before, please contact Nick Rees at [email protected].
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 and social members. For more information, contact us at [email protected] or visit Moscowdragonsrfc.com.
The CINEMA CLUB at the Italian Cultural Institute regularly show 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 [email protected] or visit Iicmosca.esteri.it.
The EXPAT FIELD HOCKEY CLUB invites women and men to play hockey every Saturday from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at Sokolniki Football Training Center (M. Sokolniki). Beginners welcome. Sticks provided. 250 rubles. For more information, contact Vineet Arora, tel. 768-7317 or e-mail [email protected].
The 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 M. Aeroport. For more information, contact Natalie at [email protected].
Poor 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 Vao-priut.ru. Shelter needs volunteers and financial, medical and other help badly. Visiting hours noon to 4 p.m., Tuesday to Saturday. Contact: +7 (916) 015-2873, Ludmila.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES
SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE CATHOLIC CHAPLAINCY. Mass in Spanish/Portuguese every Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral, 27 Ul. Malaya Gruzinskaya (M. Barrikadnaya). Preparation for Sacraments; children, student and adult groups. [email protected].
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 in Moscow. 959-1296, St-catherine.ru.
WORD OF LIFE BIBLE CENTER, Local Evangelical Christians. Services in English 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
OUR LADY OF HOPE meets Sundays in English and French at 12:15 p.m. at the Immaculate Conception Church, 27 Ul. Malaya Gruzinskaya (M. Barrikadnaya) and in English at 6 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays at 7/4 Kutuzovsky Prospekt, Bldg. 5, Pod. 3, Flat 42 (M. Kievskaya). Contact Fr. Michael at 243-9621.
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, [email protected].
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. +7 (962) 933-3581, [email protected], 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, [email protected].
ST. LOUIS DES FRANCAIS, Catholic Church. Mass is celebrated in English at 9:30 a.m. and in French at 10:30 a.m. every Sunday at 12A Malaya Lubyanka (M. Lubyanka). Stlouis.ru
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). +7 (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., 11A, 2nd floor. +7 (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 [email protected] or +7 (963) 616-3498.
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