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BBC NEWS | Europe | Russia church 'stolen by thieves'

A 200-year-old church building has disappeared from a village in central Russia, officials from the Russian Orthodox Church say.

The building had stood near the village of Komarovo since 1809.

It was intact in July but some time in early October thieves made off with it brick by brick, they said.

Local prosecutors had been informed and an investigation was under way, a spokesman for the local Russian Orthodox Church said.

The disappearance of the Church of the Resurrection, some 300 km (186 miles) north-east of Moscow, was not immediately noticed.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Nov 14th, 2008 at 02:16:23 PM EST
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As they say "use it or lose it"

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sat Nov 15th, 2008 at 07:06:21 AM EST
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