Russian Church officials suspended a priest for using an anti-Semitic pejorative while baptizing a girl.
The two-month ban on Andrey Evstigneeva was announced earlier this month on the website of the Diocese of Saratov, a city situated 450 miles southeast of Moscow.
It followed complaints by the family and by the Russian Jewish Congress, the Interfax news agency reported Wednesday.
More: Jewish Daily Forward
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