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→Revival of the Church (1984-Present)
*1998 300th anniversary of the consecration of the first Orthodox church in China.
*1999 The ''Russian-Chinese Orthodox Missionary Society'' is founded in Sydney, Australia, under ROCOR, with the aim of spiritual enlightenment of the Chinese speaking population of the country.
*2000 Death of Fr. Grigory Zhu in September, leaving the [http://www.orthodox.cn/contemporary/harbin/pokrov_en.htm Protection (Pokrov) of the Theotokos Church] in [[w:Harbin|Harbin]] without a priest; Archimandrite Fr. [[Jonah (Mourtos) of Taipei|Jonah (Mourtos)]] arrived in Taiwan in September to lead the mission of the church there, having spent seventeen years as a monk on [[Mount Athos]]; [http://orthodox.cn/contemporary/xinjiang/yiningnikolai_en.htm St Nicholas Church] rebuilt by local government in Ghulja (Yining), Xinjiang; according to the 2000 census, 30,505 [[w:Evenks|Evenks]] were counted in China, a nominally Orthodox Christian ethnic group (self-identified Orthodox minority in China), living in the [[w:Hulunbuir|Hulunbuir]] region in the north.
*2003 Death of Fr. [[Alexander (Du Lifu)|Alexander Du Lifu]] in December, the last remaining Orthodox priest in Beijing, who died without realising his dream of reopening a church in Beijing.
*2004 Attempts are made to grow the church through cyberspace, as Mitrophan Chin, a young Chinese-American who converted to the Orthodox religion, volunteers as the webmaster for [http://www.orthodox.cn/index_en.html www.orthodox.cn]; the Chinese government allowed a hieromonk from Russia to visit the Pokrov Church in Harbin to hear confessions in both Russian and Chinese in July; in August a Russian Orthodox Church delegation led by Bishop Mark of Egorevsk [http://www.orthodox.cn/news/040826beijing_en.htm met with Chinese officials] and representatives of the country's various religious organizations; ''Brotherhood of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul'' parish is established in Hong Kong under Fr Dionisy Pozdnyaev, dedicated to assist the revival of the Chinese Autonomous Orthodox Church.
