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| History |
Friends, also known as Quakers, have a long history of involvement and presence in Russia, dating back to the time of Peter the Great's early outreach to Western Europe. Friends House Moscow, created in 1994, is one of the most recent manifestations of this presence. Read more about this history here.
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| Mission |
Friends House Moscow is an initiative of Friends worldwide which seeks to encourage spiritual growth and the development of a civil society based on mutual trust and community cooperation. See the full mission statement, and the program priorities that flow from it, here.
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| Board |
The Board of Friends House Moscow is made up of Friends from Russia and (at this writing) from Germany, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States. The clerk (presiding officer) of the Board is Bonnie Grotjahn.
Look here for more information on the Board.
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| Newsletter |
You can find links to the latest issue of our newsletter on this page, along with information on how to receive the print edition or e-mail updates regularly. The most recent newsletter was posted here on February 6, 2006.
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| Contact |
This page has information on how to reach the staff of Friends House Moscow and get directions for visiting, and also how to reach the Friends House Moscow Support Association in the USA, which sponsors this Web site.
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| Support |
Financial support is an obvious need of Friends House Moscow. We hope that your Friends meeting or church, and its yearly meeting, will consider regular support to Friends House Moscow. Your own support, whether through donations or purchases, is also welcome. See the support page.
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| Service |
A small team of Russian-speaking staff representatives and interns provide program support, administration and hospitality at Friends House Moscow. There is usually at least one member of this team from outside Russia. Check here to see whether these services opportunities might be something for you to consider.
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| Links |
The Russian Web site of Friends House Moscow is here. The British site (recently updated) is here. Our links page includes a limited number of links relating to Friends in Russia and Friends generally. Some sites are in Russian.
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Last update: January 9, 2008.
