The British charity Friends House Moscow is seeking an Honorary Company Secretary, to oversee the financial and administrative arrangements of the charity, in collaboration with the Chair of Trustees and the Treasurer. Elements of the role are negotiable and...
This interesting article is from Meduza, an international publication released in Russian and English. It tells the stories of twelve refugees who are seeking official refugee status in Russia. They talk about how and why they arrived in Russia, and...
This charming music video is about life in the Moscow coronavirus lockdown. Starring the family of our Friend Sergei, who helps to run the service provider company that delivers charitable work for Friends House Moscow. Sergei’s wife Natalia is...
“Sergei Semyonich! Get up!” ” We infected all of Moscow for you!” ” Honest! We did!” ” And traffic jams everywhere!” On April 15, Moscow’s new coronavirus control system of electronic passes went into effect. The design, unfortunately, did...
Peter Doubtfire of Young Friends General Meeting (part of Britain Yearly Meeting) reports on the EMEYF Gathering in Russia in April 2019 25 young adult Quakers and 10 children gathered in the village of Peski near St Petersburg for...
This article first appeared in The Friend on 15 February 2018 under the title “A Russian tale”. It is reproduced here by permission. The picture is a view of Buzuluk, painted by Richard Kilbey who was a member of...
In 2016 Friends House Moscow supported a project to preserve the archive of documents belonging to Vladimir Chertkov, who was Tolstoy’s literary executor and the organiser of the Russian pacifist movement in the early 20th Century. The following article...
2018 is the 200th anniversary of when the marshes around St Petersburg began to be drained by the Quaker Daniel Wheeler. When Tsar Alexander wanted to undertake this project, he contacted the Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain with...
Eleanor Barden, 24 February 1932 – 26 March 2018 A Memorial, by Sergei Nikitin Sad news has come from Northampton Quaker Meeting — Eleanor Barden is dead. I met Eleanor a very long time ago, 20 years ago. She...
Readers may be interested to know about the Mennonite Centre at Molochansk in south eastern Ukraine. Based in a restored former Mennonite Girls’ School (Maedchenschule) building, the Centre is engaged in humanitarian and social development work to improve the...