French court rules Orthodox cathedral in Nice belongs to Russia

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French court rules Orthodox cathedral in Nice belongs to Russia

A French court has ruled that the St Nicholas Cathedral in Nice, built with funding from the Russian Tsar Nicholas II and completed in 1912, just prior to the country's revolution, belongs to Russia and must be handed over, reports Ecumenical News International.

The victory is Russia's latest in a series of battles for church property around the world, which represent attempts by the Russian government and Russian Orthodox Church to reassert control over a widespread diaspora.

A Russian émigré group has run St Nicholas Cathedral under the jurisdiction of the Istanbul-based Orthodox Patriarchate of Constantinople since the 1920s.

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