«No 7 : 30 April 1969» Uniate Believers again Persecuted. In spite of the [1936] USSR Constitution, which guarantees freedom of conscience, the Greek-Catholic or Uniate Church 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 … Continue reading Uniate Believers, Apr ’69 (7.5)
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Goretoi Trial, Aug ’80 (58.17)
<<No 58 : November 1980>> From 5 to 8 August 1980 the Krasnodar Region Court, presided over by Anokhina, heard the case of Bishop Nikolai Petrovich GORETOI (b. 1921), presbyter of the Starotitarovskaya Pentecostal congregation. Arrested on 13 December 1979 (CCE 55.8), Goretoi was charged under two Articles of the RSFSR Criminal Code: 70 and … Continue reading Goretoi Trial, Aug ’80 (58.17)