European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 6, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday november 6, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 9over her hungarians visit . Counterparts youths enjoy religious Retreat activities is amps Rosemary Sawyer Jenna Huff and Zoltan Nemeth look on As youth Leader Jim Miller reviews instructions for a card game and . Andrews shuffles a deck. Huff and Andrews attend Heidelberg High school. By Rosemary Sawyer staff writer Heidelberg Germany a on Gyorgyi bruders first Day of school in Hungary her parents warned her not to Tell anyone she went to Church. A in primary school i  really understand Why i  Tell the other kids a said Bruder a Catholic. A being a kid you did no to consider your future you just did what your parents told  when Bruder was learning her abcs nearly 20 years ago hungarians could attend Church a but it Wasny to an advantage a she said. People interested in climbing the career ladder knew better than to set foot in a Church even for a wedding or funeral. High school students with an Eye toward University hushed up their Faith. Now a teacher Bruder works in a High school that not Only allows students and teachers to express their beliefs but also started offering religion classes this year. In fact All primary and secondary schools in Hungary now have added religion to their class offerings. Bruder and 43 students from Kari thy Frigyes Gim nazism were in Germany recently to visit american High school students in Heidelberg Hanau Kaiserslautern Fulda Giessen Munich Stuttgart Pir Masens and Mannheim. During their 10-Day visit the hungarian students took part in a three Day religious Retreat attended school with their hosts and participated in recreational activities sponsored by the local youth clubs. The americans invited the hungarians after the . Group visited Budapest in july. The americans trip was an evangelistic Mission sponsored by Malachi ministry Chapel youth groups. Some of the teens who sought to share their Faith in Hungary said they were surprised by the religious Freedom they saw. A i thought they a the churches be empty a said Jenna Huff 15, of Heidelberg High school. But a they were really packed people standing up and every Pew  youth Leader Lina Miller said she too had held some misconceptions. A i expected the country to be More oppressed than it was. But they be had a lot of Freedom for quite a few  Hungary a religious Awakening Wasny to sudden although Many westerners have that impression said Bruder 24. Religious freedoms in Hungary evolved Over a number of years which they refer to As the a peaceful revolution.�?�. A Many people think that All East european countries Are exactly the same that they Are very very similar which is not True at All a Bruder said. A the changes in Hungary did no to happen so quickly and so dramatically As for example in East  Hungary a new Era started in the 1960s, said history teacher Ildiko Drixler 26. A if you did no to really go in the streets and preach openly about your beliefs you could do whatever you wanted As Long As you did not Hurt the official  unlike in the soviet Union bibles were not banned in Hungary and the Church doors always were open for those willing to risk their careers for the Sake of catechism. However Miller said she met Many youths who did no to know who god was. A some of them had never even known anybody who really believes in god a she said. A they were very curious and asked very intelligent questions. They really wanted to  Bruder said this appetite for religion shows in the Large number of students who made room in school schedules for religion classes. Clergy members of All faiths come into the schools to teach the classes. A now the people Are really attracted but they done to really know too much about churches religion a Bruder said. She expects the numbers to drop off. A maybe if they knew a Little More they a think that maybe its not for  Bruder said she did no to expect religion classes in primary schools to have such High enrolment because the parents of children who Are 7 or 8 years old grew up Quot in those Days when it was really really disadvantageous to go to  in red Square Marks rebirth of Cathedral Moscow a More than 2,000 people pushed past police in red Square on sunday to Pray with the patriarch of the russian orthodox Church As he blessed a Cornerstone for a Cathedral that will be rebuilt on the site. Under the Stony gaze of a three Story red placard of Vladimir Lenin that was erected for wednesdays revolution Day Parade dozens of priests in sky Blue Robes carrying Gold icons marched with patriarch Alexi ii of Moscow across red Square to the spot where the Cathedral of our lady of Kazan will Rise in two years time. Russian federation president Boris n. Yeltsin and Moscow mayor Gavriil Popov held candles As the patriarch consecrated the Cornerstone of the Church with holy water on the Northern end of the Square next to the Lenin museum. The Cathedral built in 1630 under Czar Mikhail Romanov was destroyed in the 1930s under Josef Stalin. It was replaced by a summer cafe and later a Public toilet. The patriarch held a service in Uspensky Cathedral inside the Kremlin to celebrate the feast Day of our lady of Kazan and scores of worshippers who shielded flickering candles in their hands marched with him through the Spassky Gate As Bells pealed in the Square. A wooden Cross was placed near the Cornerstone. Religious documents were sealed inside the Stone. The Moscow patriarchate is raising funds for the construction of the Cathedral. High priests of the russian orthodox Church March by a poster of Vladimir Lenin in Moscow s red Square on sunday during a consecration ceremony for a Cathedral