Soviet Repression in Orthodox Memory
by
Karin Hyldal Christensen
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
Following the end of the Soviet Union, the Russian Orthodox Church has canonized a great number of Russian saints. Whereas in the first millennium of Russian Christianity (988-1988) the Church recognized merely 300 Russian saints, the number had grown to more than 2,000 by 2006. This book explores...