October 29, 2003

• Halloween banned in Moscow schools

  
  

  Teachers were warned that: "The very fact that Halloween activities contain elements such as the cult of death, rejecting death, personification of death and evil spirits produces a destructive effect upon the psychological, moral and spiritual health of students."

  
  

  A ban had earlier been called for by Russian Orthodox Church leaders who claimed the pagan festival was "satanic".

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