VIDEO: Religious Persecution in the Former Soviet Union. A Russian Orthodox Priest's Story

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September 4, 2016

Under state militant atheism believers of all faiths were imprisoned, tortured, and executed simply because they chose to believe in God. Fr. George Gulin gives a first-hand account of the horrors people of faith had to endure in the Soviet Union.

Youtube

9/20/2016

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On October 13/26, 1957, an outstanding hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, Archbishop Gregory (Boriskevich) of Chicago and Detroit reposed in the Lord. His biography also outlines the little-known history of the Belorussian autonomous Church and the circumstances surrounding it in the early twentieth century. During World War II, many people in the USSR turned to Christ During World War II, many people in the USSR turned to Christ During World War II, many people in the USSR turned to Christ During World War II, many people in the USSR turned to Christ
This is indicated by numerous appeals by Soviet citizens to the authorities with requests to opening the churches. This phenomenon demonstrates the national trend. Book Review: Fr. George Calciu: First Century Christian Book Review: Fr. George Calciu: First Century Christian Book Review: Fr. George Calciu: First Century Christian Book Review: Fr. George Calciu: First Century Christian
I had no idea. To be more precise, before I converted to Eastern Orthodoxy, I knew that the Orthodox Church had been harshly suppressed by the communists, but I had no idea that the cruelty of persecution often equaled that inflicted on the early church.
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