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By Alexander Tanas CHISINAU (Reuters) – The head of Moldova’s largest Orthodox Church, subordinated to its Russian parent church, has complained that his ranks were coming under attack in the run-up to Christmas — marked on two separate days by rival churches in the former Soviet state. More than 90% of residents of the country, which lies between Ukraine and Romania, are Orthodox Christians. With Moldova’s government seeking European Union membership, Metropolitan Vladimir of the larger Russia-linked church complained in a weekend interview that the media “bolstered by political support” was…

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