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Title: American churchmen sight-seeing in Moscow.
Description: Moscow--Seven of nine American Protestant leaders on a ten-day visit to Moscow go sight-seeing in Red Square accompanied by a Russian Orthodox churchman and two interpreters. Left to right are: Charles C. Parlin of Englewood, N.J., an attorney; Dr. Roswell P. Barnes of New York, associate general secretary of the National Council of Churches; Dr. Franklin C. Fry of New York, President of the United Lutheran Church in America; the Rt. Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill of New York, presiding bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church; an unidentified interpreter; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake of Philadelphia, president of the National Council; Archimandrite Pemin of the Russian Orthodox Church; unidentified interpreter; Dr. Hubert Gezork of Newton Center, Mass., president of Andover Newtown Theological Seminary; and Paul B. Anderson of New York, secretary of the YMCA International Committee. The visit was sponsored by the National Council at the invitation of the Patriarch Alexei, head of the Russian church.
Creator Name(s): Sovfoto/Eastfoto, Inc. (photographer)
Date Created: 1956, March 14, 1956, March 14, 1956
Name Subject(s): Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Fry, Franklin Clark, 1900-1968., Sherrill, Henry Knox, 1890-1980., Gezork, Herbert Johannes, 1900-1984., Anderson, Paul B., 1894-1985., Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
Topical Subject(s): Ecumenical movement--Soviet Union.
Geographic subjects: Asia--Russia--Moscow, Soviet Union., Soviet Union.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 57, image no. 18880; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): ds4587
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:11058

Title: Alexei gets American church gift.
Description: Moscow--Patriarch Alexei, head of the Russian Orthodoc Church (right), was presented with this large silver chalice by a group of nine American Protestant leaders who were on a 10-day visit to Moscow. Shown translating the inscription on the cup is Paul B. Anderson of New York, a member of the visiting delegation, who speaks Russian. The trip was sponsored by the National Council of Churches at the invitation of Patriarch Alexei. Heading the delegation was Dr. Eugene Carson Blake of Philadelphia, president of the National Council.
Creator Name(s): Sovfoto/Eastfoto, Inc. (photographer)
Date Created: 1956, March 14, 1956, March 14, 1956
Name Subject(s): Anderson, Paul B., 1894-1985., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Ecumenical movement--Soviet Union.
Geographic subjects: Soviet Union., Soviet Union., Asia--Russia--Moscow
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 57, image no. 18881; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): ds4589
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:11059

Title: American churchmen visit Moscow gallery.
Description: Moscow--American church leaders visit the Tretiakov Gallery here during their ten-day stay in the Soviet Union. Shown in front row are, left to right: Dr. Roswell P. Barnes of New York, associate general secretary of the National Council of Churches; Charles C. Parlin of Englewood, N.J., a member of the National Council's general board; the Rt. Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill of New York, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake of Philadelphia, president of the National Council; Bishop D. Ward Nichols of New York, head of the African Methodist Episcopal Church's First Episcopal District; Paul B. Anderson of New York, secretary of the YMCA International Committee; and Dr. Franklin Clark Fry of New York, president of the United Lutheran Church in America.
Creator Name(s): Sovfoto/Eastfoto, Inc. (photographer)
Date Created: 1956, March 20, 1956, March 20, 1956
Name Subject(s): Sherrill, Henry Knox, 1890-1980., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Nichols, D. Ward (Decatur Ward), 1900-, Anderson, Paul B., 1894-1985., Fry, Franklin Clark, 1900-1968., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Ecumenical movement--Soviet Union.
Geographic subjects: Soviet Union., Asia--Russia--Moscow
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 57, image no. 18894; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): ds4590
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:11060

Title: Protestant DPs arrive in America.
Description: The Vinnichenko family, Russian refugees who were forced into slave labor in Germany during the war, arrive in Northern New York.
Creator Name(s): Church World Service. (publisher)
Date Created: 1948, November 3, 1948, November 3, 1948
Name Subject(s): Church World Service.
Topical Subject(s): Church work with refugees--New York (State)., World War, 1939-1945--Refugees.--New York (State)., Refugee families--Russia.
Geographic subjects: New York (State)., New York (State)., Russia., New York (State)., Russia., Asia--Russia, North and Central America--United States--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 18, image no. P-7868; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-7868
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:147294

Title: Protestant churchmen in Moscow.
Description: Moscow--Metropolitan Nikolai of Krutitsky and Kolomna, second-ranking official of the Moscow patriarchate, greets Dr. Eugene Carson Blake of Philadelphia, president of the National Council of Churches, on the arrival here of nine American church officials for a ten-day visit. Dr. Blake is head of the delegation. The trip was sponsored by the National Council at the invitation of patriarch Alexei of Moscow, head of the Russian Orthodox Church. The American visit will be returned in June by a Russian Orthodox group. While in Moscow, the churchmen will confer and seek to establish continuing with Christian leaders of the Soviet Union. (Clergymen in background not identified.)
Creator Name(s): Sovfoto/Eastfoto, Inc. (photographer), Wide World Photos, Inc. (photographer)
Date Created: 1956, March 13, 1956, March 13, 1956
Name Subject(s): Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Nikolaĭ, Metropolitan of Krutit︠s︡y and Kolomna, 1892-1961, Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Ecumenical movement--Soviet Union.
Geographic subjects: Soviet Union., Soviet Union., Asia--Russia--Moscow
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 57, image no. 18875; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): ds4586
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:11057

Title: Thelma Adair and Emma Rowa in Moscow for Peace Conference
Description: Text transcribed from caption: Present in Moscow for Peace Conference. Emma Rowa, member GAMC from Ponce, P.R.; and Thelma Adair, pres. of CWU
Creator Name(s): Bailey, J. Martin (photographer)
Date Created: 1982
Name Subject(s): Adair, Thelma., Rowa, Emma.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., Presbyterian women--United States., Social reformers--United States., Congresses and conventions--Russia--Moscow.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Russia, Moscow., Moscow (Russia), Asia--Russia--Moscow
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 84-0221, Box 19; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: A.D. Magazine Records, 1950-1983.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=NDQ3&qrs=
Identifier (local): ds7208
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:289461

Title: First Protestant chapel in Moscow.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30575 FIRST PROTESTANT CHAPEL IN MOSCOW MOSCOW -- U.S. Ambassador Foy D. Kohler reads the Scripture lesson during services dedicating Christ Church in Moscow -- the first Protestant chapel to be established for the English-speaking community in the Russian city. Pastor of the new church is the Rev. Donald V. Roberts, a United Presbyterian clergyman from Tonawanda, N.Y., who has been a chaplain in Moscow since 1962 under a special Moscow Ministry Project of the National Council of Churches. The chapel, which can seat about 75, is located in one room of the apartment occupied by the Roberts family. A similar arrangement exists for Roman Catholics in the Moscow foreign colony. Father Joseph Frederic Richard, A.A., formerly of Worcester, Mass., uses one room of his apartment for Our Lady of Hope Chapel. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-2B-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Kohler, Foy D., Christ Church Chapel (Moscow, Russia), Roberts, Donald V., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
Topical Subject(s): Ambassadors--United States., Church dedication--Russia--Moscow., Liturgies--Russia--Moscow., Chapels--Russia--Moscow., Protestant churches--Russia--Moscow., Chaplains--Russia--Moscow.
Geographic subjects: United States., Russia, Moscow., Russia, Moscow., Russia, Moscow., Russia, Moscow., Russia, Moscow., Moscow (Russia), Asia--Russia--Moscow--Moscow
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-30575; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-30575
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353850

Title: Soviet Baptist leader honored.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31995 SOVIET BAPTIST LEADER HONORED MOSCOW -- Co-workers of the Rev. A.V. Karev honored the general secretary of the All-Union Council of Evangelical Christians (Baptist) at services in the Moscow Baptist church as he reached his 70th birthday. The occasion also marked the 50th anniversary of his baptism and the approaching 50th anniversary in March of his service as a Baptist minister. The churchman is prominent in the Baptist World Alliance and ecumenical organizations. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (GS-BN-1B-65-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, December 30, 1964, December 30, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Karev, Aleksander Vasiliovich., Vsesoi︠u︡znyĭ sovet evangelʹskikh khristian-baptistov (Soviet Union), Vsesoi︠u︡znyĭ sovet evangelʹskikh khristian-baptistov (Soviet Union)--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--Russia--Moscow., Baptists--Soviet Union.
Geographic subjects: Russia, Moscow., Soviet Union., Moscow (Russia), Asia--Russia--Moscow--Moscow
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-31995; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-31995
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355894

Title: Torah is brought out.
Description: Text transcribed from annotations: #581 TORAH IS BROUGHT OUT. Choral Jewish Synagogue in Moscow [Moscow Choral Synagogue]
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (publisher)
Date Created: 1945, September 14, 1945, September 14, 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Moskovskai︠a︡ khoralʹnai︠a︡ sinagoga (Moscow, Russia)
Topical Subject(s): Judaism--Liturgy., Torah scrolls., Rabbis--Russia--Moscow., Synagogues--Russia--Moscow.
Geographic subjects: Russia, Moscow., Russia, Moscow., Moscow (Russia), Asia--Russia--Moscow--Moscow
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 581; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_581
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357616

Title: Soviet Evangelical Christians and Baptists meet.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #733 SOVIET EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS AND BAPTISTS MEET Here is the first photo received in this country of a meeting of the newly-constituted All-Union Council of Evangelical Christians and Baptists, major Protestant group in the Soviet Union. Meeting is being addressed by Y. N. Zhidkov, chairman of the Council. (An exclusive RNS photo) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RAD-MO-LM-1045)
Creator Name(s): Trakhman, M. (photographer), SIB Photoservices, Moscow. (publisher)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Vsesoi︠u︡znyĭ sovet evangelʹskikh khristian-baptistov (Soviet Union)--Congresses., Zhidkov, Y. N.
Topical Subject(s): Protestantism--Soviet Union., Interdenominational cooperation., Congresses and conventions--Soviet Union., Evangelical Church--Relations--Baptists., Baptists--Relations--Evangelical Church., Baptists--Soviet Union., Evangelical Church--Soviet Union.
Geographic subjects: Soviet Union., Soviet Union., Soviet Union., Soviet Union., Soviet Union., Asia--Russia
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 733; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_733
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358821

Title: Panovs obtain visas.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PCJ-45680 PANOVS OBTAIN VISAS MOSCOW -- Ballet dancer Valery Panov beams as he displays the exit visas issued in Moscow for him and his wife, dancer Galina Ragozina Panov. Mr. Panov, who is a Jew, and his wife had been trying for more than two years to leave the Soviet Union for Israel. The former star of the Kirov Ballet said he obtained visas to transit through Austria and enter Israel in only ten minutes but that the Soviet clearance procedures were more complex. Mr. Panov plans to become an Israeli citizen and wants to work to help build up ballet in Israel. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-MOS-6B-74-DS)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1974, June 13, 1974, June 13, 1974
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Panov, Valery, 1938-
Topical Subject(s): Visas--Soviet Union., Emigration and immigration., Dancers--Russia--Moscow., Dancers--Soviet Union.
Geographic subjects: Soviet Union., Russia, Moscow., Soviet Union., Moscow (Russia), Soviet Union., Soviet Union, Asia--Russia--Moscow--Moscow
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PCJ-45680; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PCJ-45680
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:360928

Title: Dancing in the streets.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: J-46131 DANCING IN THE STREETS MOSCOW -- Soviet Jews sing and dance outside Moscow's main synagogue as they celebrate the traditional festival of Simhat Torah. There was an unusual degree of gaiety and freedom from police harassment during the festival. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-MOS-10B-74-DS)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1974
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Jews--Russia--Moscow., Simḥat Torah., Fasts and feasts--Judaism., Singing--Russia--Moscow., Dance--Russia--Moscow., Singing--Religious aspects--Judaism., Dance--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Geographic subjects: Russia, Moscow., Russia, Moscow., Russia, Moscow., Moscow (Russia), Asia--Russia--Moscow--Moscow
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. J-46131; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_J-46131
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:361509

Title: Arms accord signed.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-46275 ARMS ACCORD SIGNED VLADIVOSTOK, U.S.S.R. -- President Gerald Ford (left) and Soviet leader Leonid I. Brezhnev sign a tentative agreement limiting the numbers of all offensive strategic nuclear weapons and delivery vehicles through 1985. Looking on during the summit meeting Vladivostok are, from left: Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, Soviet Ambassador to the U.S. Anatoly Dobrynin, and two unidentified officials. The arm control agreement was termed a “breakthrough” by Secretary Kissinger. He said the accord, which includes specific numbers for each side, would be subject to further negotiations in Geneva next year on technical questions. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-VLA-11D-74-DS)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1974, November 24, 1974, November 24, 1974
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006., Brezhnev, Leonid Il'ich, 1906-1982., Strategic Arms Limitation Talks., Kissinger, Henry, 1923-2023., Gromyko, Andreĭ Andreevich, 1909-1989., Dobrynin, Anatoliĭ Fedorovich, 1919-2010.
Topical Subject(s): Presidents--United States., Heads of state--Soviet Union., Cold War--Treaties., Nuclear arms control--United States., Nuclear arms control--Soviet Union., Cabinet officers--United States., Cabinet officers--Soviet Union., Ambassadors--Soviet Union.
Geographic subjects: United States., Soviet Union., United States., Soviet Union., United States., Soviet Union., Soviet Union., Vladivostok (Russia), Soviet Union, United States, Asia--Russia--Primorskiy--Vladivostok
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-46275; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-46275
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:361943

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