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==Revival of the Church (1984-Present)==
*1984 [http://www.orthodox.cn/contemporary/harbin/pokrov_en.htm Protection (Pokrov) of the Theotokos Church] of [[w:Harbin|Harbin]] is reopened, with a few Russian refugees and the Orthodox Chinese being allowed to pray there in 1986; at this time it is the only Orthodox church in the territory of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) where services have been going on; the resident priest Fr. Grigori Zhu (+2000) attended to the parish consisting of 144 souls ranging in age from 68 to 92.
*1985 According to the Harbin municipal religious archive, at the end of 1985, Hieromonk Fr. [http://www.orthodox.cn/localchurch/harbin/simonbai_en.htm Simon (Bai Zenglin)] and Fr. Gregory Zhu were the two remaining priests in Harbin.
===Presence of Orthodox Communities in China===
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'''Historically'''
:* Its first communities were made up of Russian immigrants concentrated in the north of the country in '''[[w:Albazin|Albazin]]''' (near the town of [[w:Skovorodino|Skovorodino]], in Russia's [[w:Amur Oblast|Amur Oblast]] region.