<<No 37 : 30 September 1975>> Chronicle 36 has already reported (CCE 36.11 [5]) on the obstacles that the Soviet authorities have put in the way of the intended marriage of Moscow writer Alexander Sokolov and Austrian teacher Johanna Steindl. On 16 May Sokolov received a letter from the Austrian Embassy in Moscow. ‘According to … Continue reading The Right to Marry, September 1975 (37.11)
Category: CCE contents (1972-1982)
Uniate believers again persecuted, April 1969 (7.5)
«No 7 : 30 April 1969» In spite of the USSR Constitution, which guarantees freedom of conscience, the Greek-Catholic or UniateChurch was forcibly liquidated in 1944 by organs of the MGB (KGB predecessor) in Western Ukraine. Priests who did not adopt the Orthodox faith were sent to camps after false charges had been fabricated. The … Continue reading Uniate believers again persecuted, April 1969 (7.5)