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Council of Europe Committee of Ministers heard a report on the situation of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia
April 20, 2017 Trying to complete ban Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia
  5 April 2017 in Strasbourg (France) at the 1283 meeting, the Committee of Ministers (body control over the execution of ECHR judgments) raised the issue of the persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia in light of the lawsuit filed by the Ministry of Justice to the Supreme Court. The corresponding statement was made by representative of the European Union.
The European Union urged the Russian authorities to ensure that Jehovah's Witnesses peaceful enjoyment of the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion and the right to freedom of assembly and association without further intervention as guaranteed by the Constitution. Russian authorities have to comply with international agreements, including the European Convention on Human Rights as well as international standards of human rights.
Strasbourg, 04.05.2017. Unique ID: 170407_38 
1283rd meeting of the Committee of Ministers
Declaration by the European Union on the issue of the persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia
The statement of claim dated March 15, filed by the Russian Federation Ministry of Justice to the Supreme Court, is the latest undertaken harsh measure against Jehovah's Witnesses and the further strengthening of the violation of their rights and the prosecution of which they are exposed in Russia, which is contrary to international standards on freedom of religion or convictions.
This solution can lead to the elimination of the Administrative Center and all local offices of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia and the confiscation of their property. Meanwhile, the Ministry of canopy at the Administrative Center of the label "extremist" and imposed across the country ban on all legal entities of Jehovah's Witnesses. This is a very negative development of events, which can lead to criminal charges against Jehovah's Witnesses but for his confession of their religion.
The European Union shares the concern of the UN Human Rights Committee on a number of messages indicating that the Federal Law "On Countering Extremist Activity" is increasingly being used in the Russian Federation to limit the freedom of religion, aimed, inter alia, against the Jehovah's Witnesses.
The Russian authorities should ensure that Jehovah's Witnesses peaceful enjoyment of the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion and the right to freedom of assembly and association without further intervention as guaranteed by the Constitution. Russian authorities have to comply with international agreements, inter alia the European Convention on Human Rights as well as international standards of human rights.
The European Union continues to promote freedom of religion or belief as a right that must be exercised by all and everywhere, based on the principles of equality, non-discrimination and universality. In accordance with the international law of human rights to freedom of religion or belief, together with other includes (but is not limited to): the legal capacity of a legal entity and non-interference in internal affairs, including the right to establish and maintain open access places of worship or assembly, the freedom to choose and train leaders and the right to carry out social, cultural, educational and charitable activities.

@Reprobus Thank you for your support for our family world wide. We Love because Jehovah teaches us "how" to Love! May Jehovah Bless you all in your efforts to please Him! Joy, Love and Peace, as Jehovah guides us forever! His Son, Our Lord Christ will soon destroy all His enemies. what a Blessing! Pray for God's Kingdom to come!        
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Спасибо вам за поддержку нашей семьи во всем мире. Мы любим, потому что Иегова учит нас «как» любить! Пусть Иегова благословит всех вас в ваших усилиях, чтобы угодить Ему! Радость, Любовь и Мир, как Иегова ведет нас вечно! Его Сын, наш Господь Христос скоро уничтожит всех Своих врагов. Какое благословение! Молитесь о том, чтобы Царство Бога было!
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Sorry, meant to post that both ways but got distracted. Thanks for doing that translation and the heads up. I wanted to be sure our Russian fellow workers new we were here for them and that they're in our prayers.

It's good to know, Sister ... Jehovah's work can not be stopped!
(Psalm 9:10) Those who know your name will trust you; You will never forsake those who seek you, O Jehovah.
 
My Translation almost the same but God to see both. 
Much love and prayers from all around the earth! Jehovah and Our Lord Christ will march ahead of you! “We pronounce happy those who have endured.”—JAMES 5:11. Consider what God’s inspired Word says about this: “Even if you should suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are happy.” “If you are being reproached for the name of Christ, you are happy.” (1 Peter 3:14; 4:14) “Happy are you when people reproach you and persecute you and lyingly say every sort of wicked thing against you for my sake. Rejoice and leap for joy, since your reward is great in the heavens.” (Matthew 5:11, 12)

Despite attempts to ban our activities, we are still hard at preaching! Hello from Russia! @steisy.m thank you
 
 


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Despite attempts to ban our activities, we are still hard at preaching! Hello from Russia! @steisy.m thank you
 
 


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Despite attempts to ban our activities, we are still hard at preaching! Hello from Russia! @steisy.m thank you
 
 


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Much love and prayers from all around the earth! Jehovah and Our Lord Christ will march ahead of you! “We pronounce happy those who have endured.”—JAMES 5:11. Consider what God’s inspired Word says about this: “Even if you should suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are happy.” “If you are being reproached for the name of Christ, you are happy.” (1 Peter 3:14; 4:14) “Happy are you when people reproach you and persecute you and lyingly say every sort of wicked thing against you for my sake. Rejoice and leap for joy, since your reward is great in the heavens.” (Matthew 5:11, 12)

It has begun a countdown that only if we remain united with the authentic and discreet slave of Jehovah's Witnesses, will lead us to survive the great tribulation.
 @Queen Esther Soon Jehovah will fight his enemies right before our eyes! May we be strong and put out confidence in Jehovah! He is our Salvation.                 ?????? @Witness 
Foretold times of divisions and judgement with the house of God. The Lord Jesus will reveal all those doing bad and as it says will clean and bring justice as the Head of the Congregations. I have included scriptures and a link. We all will be tested, yet those in a position of oversight in the Congregation will have judgment first. 
17 For it is the appointed time for the judgment to start with the house of God.
Now if it starts first with us, what will the outcome be for those who are not obedient to the good news of God?
 18 “And if the righteous man is being saved with difficulty, what will happen to the ungodly man and the sinner?” 19 So, then, let those who are suffering in harmony with the will of God keep on entrusting themselves to a faithful Creator while they are doing good.." (1 Peter 4:17-18)
2 However, there also came to be false prophets among the people, as there will also be false teachers among you.
These will quietly bring in destructive sects, and they will even disown the owner who bought them, bringing speedy destruction upon themselves. 2 Furthermore, many will follow their brazen conduct,and because of them the way of the truth will be spoken of abusively. 3  Also, they will greedily exploit you with counterfeit words. But their judgment, decided long ago,
is not moving slowly, and their destruction is not sleeping.
4 Certainly God did not refrain from punishing the angels who sinned, but threw them into Tarʹta·rus, putting them in chains*
of dense darkness to be reserved for judgment.5 And he did not refrain from punishing an ancient world,
but kept Noah, a preacher of righteousness,safe with seven others
when he brought a flood upon a world of ungodly people.6  And by reducing the cities of Sodʹom and Go·morʹrah to ashes, he condemned them, setting a pattern for ungodly people of things to come.7 And he rescued righteous Lot, who was greatly distressed by the brazen conduct*
of the lawless people— 8 for day after day that righteous man was tormenting his righteous soul over the lawless deeds that he saw and heard while dwelling among them. 9 So, then, Jehovah knows how to rescue people of godly devotion out of trial, but to reserve unrighteous people to be destroyed
on the day of judgment, 10 especially those who seek to defile the flesh of others
and who despise authority. Daring and self-willed, they are not afraid to speak abusively of glorious ones, 11  whereas angels, although they are greater in strength and power, do not bring against them an accusation in abusive terms, out of respect for Jehovah.12 But these men, like unreasoning animals that act on instinct and are born to be caught and destroyed, speak abusively about things of which they are ignorant. They will suffer destruction brought on by their own destructive course, 13 suffering harm as their reward for their own harmful course. They consider it pleasurable to indulge in luxurious living,
even in the daytime. They are spots and blemishes who revel in their deceptive teachings while feasting together with you.
14 Their eyes are full of adultery and are unable to desist from sin, and they entice unstable ones. They have a heart trained in greed. They are accursed children. 15  Abandoning the straight path, they have been led astray. They have followed the path of Baʹlaam the son of Beʹor, who loved the reward of wrongdoing, 16  but was reproved for his own violation of what was right.
A voiceless beast of burden speaking with a human voice hindered the prophet’s mad course. 17 These are waterless springs and mists driven by a violent storm, and the blackest darkness has been reserved for them. 18 They make high-sounding statements that are empty. By appealing to the desires of the flesh and with acts of brazen conduct, they entice people who have just escaped from those who live in error. 19  While they are promising them freedom, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for if anyone is overcome by someone, he is his slave. 20  Certainly if after escaping from the defilements of the world by an accurate knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they get involved again with these very things and are overcome, their final state has become worse for them than the first.21 It would have been better for them not to have accurately known the path of righteousness than after knowing it to turn away from the holy commandment they had received. 22 
What the true proverb says has happened to them: “The dog has returned to its own vomit, and the sow that was bathed to rolling in the mire.” (2 Peter 2:1-22)
 
MAN OF LAWLESSNESS
An expression used by the apostle Paul at 2 Thessalonians 2:2, 3 in warning of the greatanti-Christian apostasy that would develop before “the day of Jehovah.” The Greek word for “apostasy” here used, a·po·sta·siʹa, denotes more than a mere falling away, an indifferent sliding back. It means a defection, a revolt, a planned, deliberate rebellion. In ancient papyrus documents a·po·sta·siʹa was used politically of rebels.
A Religious Revolt. This rebellion, however, is not a political one. It is a religious one, a revolt against Jehovah God and Jesus Christ and therefore against the Christian congregation.
Foretold. Other forecasts of this apostasy were made by the apostles Paul and Peter both verbally and in writing, and the Lord Jesus Christ himself warned of its coming. In his illustration of the wheat and the weeds (Mt 13), Jesus said that the Devil would sow “weeds,” imitation Christians, “sons of the wicked one,” among the “wheat,” the “sons of the kingdom.” These would exist until the conclusion of the system of things, when they would be identified and ‘burned up.’
Destroyed. This composite, hypocritical “man of lawlessness” is to be done away with by the Lord Jesus “by the spirit of his mouth” and brought to nothing “by the manifestation of his presence.” The annihilation of this wicked opposer of God will be visible, concrete proof that the Lord Jesus Christ is sitting and acting as Judge. He will not judge according to his own standards, hence the destruction “by the spirit of his mouth” evidently means in expression of Jehovah’s judgment against this wicked class of persons.—2Th 2:8; compare Re 19:21, as to “the long sword . . . which sword proceeded out of his mouth.”
http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1200002890?q=great+apostasy&p=par
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Much love and prayers from all around the earth! Jehovah and Our Lord Christ will march ahead of you! “We pronounce happy those who have endured.”—JAMES 5:11. Consider what God’s inspired Word says about this: “Even if you should suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are happy.” “If you are being reproached for the name of Christ, you are happy.” (1 Peter 3:14; 4:14) “Happy are you when people reproach you and persecute you and lyingly say every sort of wicked thing against you for my sake. Rejoice and leap for joy, since your reward is great in the heavens.” (Matthew 5:11, 12)

@Fmadriaga Glad you enjoyed it! 
I find pictures that are good quality without taking them from copyright sites. Have a wonderful day. Jehovah Bless! 
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It's good to know, Sister ... Jehovah's work can not be stopped!
(Psalm 9:10) Those who know your name will trust you; You will never forsake those who seek you, O Jehovah.
@Reprobus Много любви и молитв со всего мира! Иегова и наш Господь Христос пойдут впереди вас! «Мы произносим довольных переживших» (ДЖЕЙМС 5:11). Подумайте, о чем говорит Божье вдохновенное Слово: «Даже если вы должны страдать ради праведности, вы счастливы». «Если вас упрекают за имя Христа, вы счастливы» (1 Петра 3:14; 4:14) «Счастливы вы, когда люди упрекают вас и преследуют вас и лгут, говоря вам все злое против вас за меня. Радуйтесь и веселитесь, ибо велика ваша награда на небесах »(Матфея 5:11, 12).

Despite attempts to ban our activities, we are still hard at preaching! Hello from Russia! @steisy.m thank you
 
 


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The Four Horsemen and You
They burst forth, hooves thundering! The four mighty horses and their riders make a picture so vivid that it almost seems to leap from the pages of the Bible!
The first horse is white—its rider a glorious, newly crowned king.
Behind him comes a horse the color of fire, bearing a rider who takes peace away from all the earth.
There follows a third horse, black as midnight, carrying a rider who holds aloft a pair of scales as a doleful message is proclaimed about a lack of basic foodstuffs.
The fourth horse is a sickly pale color, a harbinger of disease and other lethal threats, ridden by Death itself. And the Grave, the common grave of mankind, follows closely, reaping a terrible harvest of lives!—Revelation 6:1-8.
http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2017085
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Our  anointed  GB. Bro.  *Gerrit  Lösch*  visiting  Central  America.  Beside him,  Brother  Esteban Ortega...   Wonderful,  smiling  friends

22 "On the contrary, the members of the body that seem to be weaker are necessary." (1Cor 12:22)
We are living in a competitive world where strength and youth are frequently exalted. Many do whatever it takes to get their way, often trampling on the feelings of those who are weaker. 
We do not condone such behavior, yet we may unconsciously develop a negative view of those who regularly need assistance, even in the congregation. But we can develop a more balanced view, one like God’s.
We can gain insight into the way Jehovah views human weakness from an illustration recorded in Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians. In chapter 12, Paul reminds us that even the least attractive or the weakest part of the human body has a function. (Read 1 Corinthians 12:12, 18, 21-23.) 
Findings in the study of anatomy show that body parts once considered useless actually do perform essential functions.* For example, some have questioned the usefulness of the little toe; however, it is now recognized to have an impact on the balance of the whole body.
We will likely be more empathetic if we remember that some of our dear brothers and sisters have been weakened by adverse circumstances—suffering from poor health, living in a divided household, or coping with depression.
We might find ourselves in a similar situation one day. Before entering the Promised Land, the Israelites, who had been poor and weak in the land of Egypt, were reminded that they should not “harden [their] heart” toward their afflicted brothers. Jehovah expected them to consider the poor as being worthy of help.—Deut. 15:7, 11; Lev. 25:35-38.
What should be our priority when helping those who face hardships? Illustrate.
Rather than being judgmental or suspicious, we should provide spiritual comfort to those facing undesirable circumstances. (Job 33:6, 7;Matt. 7:1) 
Similarly, if a fellow believer has been weakened by personal problems, our priority should be to provide spiritual assistance.—Read 1 Thessalonians 5:14.
If we pause to reflect on our brothers’ circumstances, we may see their seeming frailty in a different light. Think of sisters who have been enduring family opposition for years. Some may be of humble appearance and look fragile, yet do they not demonstrate outstanding faith and inner strength? 
When you see a single mother regularly coming to meetings with her child or children, are you not impressed by her faith and determination? And what of teenagers who stick to the truth despite the bad influences in school? In all modesty, we recognize that such ones, who may seem to be weaker, may be as “rich in faith” as those among us who have more favorable circumstances.—Jas. 2:5.
http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2014447?q=1+cor+12%3A22&p=par

@John Lindsay Barltrop Jehovah feeds us well! We rejoice in His Words, they are getting brighter and brighter! Paradise is coming you can "see" it on the horizon! 
Thank you ? 
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Despite attempts to ban our activities, we are still hard at preaching! Hello from Russia! @steisy.m thank you
 
 


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SCINTILLATING SIRIUS: Sirius is the brightest star in the sky. It is also, arguably, the most colorful. 
On any given evening of northern Spring, sky watchers can behold a spray of rainbow colors emanating from the Dog Star as it sets low in the southwestern sky.
Tom Wagner of Waterloo, Iowa, has developed a beautiful way to display the star's hue. "Decades ago I discovered that by wiggling my binoculars while looking at Sirius, I could easily see the colors of the rainbow flash by in rapid succession." On April 16th he took this picture through the eyepiece:
"This is a 2 second exposure," he says.  "The colors were spectacular!"
Astronomers call this phenomenon "scintillation." Also known as "twinkling," the phenomenon is caused by thermal irregularities in Earth's atmosphere.  As packets of relatively warm and cool air drift in front of a star, the star's light is refracted. The prismatic action of these air packets produce rainbow colors--especially near the horizon where starlight must pass through many turbulent irregularities to reach the observer. 
All stars scintillate, but Sirius does so most flamboyantly because of its extreme brightness. See for yourself.  Step outside this evening after sunset and look southwest for Sirius near the feet or Orion.  The lower it gets, the more it twinkles. Enjoy the show!
http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1200275520#h=77

..........and a "good meal" was had by all !!!

You know it's not worth reading an article which has this in the first paragraph on doctorine: "Jehovah’s Witnesses reject most Christian dogmas, such as creation of the world,"

More:
http://tass.com/world/939582..........    No Thanks!!

@bruceq Don't leave us now! "The world will know I am Jehovah!" Can we not see how it may happen? We are privledged people! ?‍?????????

ACCORDING TO TASS NEWS TOMORROW MAY BE THE FINAL VERDICT. THE VERY DAY OF MY BIRTH 54 YEARS AGO. LOL
JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES ARE NUMBER ONE MOST READ ITEM ON TASS NEWS ONCE AGAIN. PRAISE JEHOVAH.

AGREE AND AS A REMINDER TO SOME - LET US NOT BE CRITICAL OF JEHOVAH'S ORGANIZATION LIKE KORAH SINCE IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THE ANGELS ARE PREVENTING THE MOJ FROM EVEN FINDING THE SIMPLEST EVIDENCE AGAINST GOD'S PEOPLE.
From jw.org " The attorneys for the Ministry of Justice were unable to provide a response to the judge’s request and other related questions."
Remember these are expert TRAINED Government lawyers!

It has begun a countdown that only if we remain united with the authentic and discreet slave of Jehovah's Witnesses, will lead us to survive the great tribulation.
 @Queen Esther Soon Jehovah will fight his enemies right before our eyes! May we be strong and put out confidence in Jehovah! He is our Salvation.                 ??????