Patriarch and prophets: persecution of the Russian Orthodox Church today
1969, 1st Edition. London: Macmillan. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #349318
Physical description: 359 pages 23 cm. Contents:
Introduction. Church and state -- Outline of the atheist campaign -- The persecution of the clergy -- The suppression of the monasteries and seminaries -- Destruction of parish life -- The ordinary believer -- The legal dimension -- Anatoli Levitin -- Archpriest Shpiller and his parish -- Epilogue. Subjects: Orthodox Eastern Church. Persecution Soviet Union. Church and state Soviet Union. Political prisoners Soviet Union.
Persecution Religion Soviet Union.
Price: €18.00