<<No 58 : November 1980>> From 5 to 8 August 1980 the Krasnodar Region Court, presided over by Anokhina, heard the case of the presbyter of the Starotitarovskaya Pentecostal congregation, Bishop Nikolai Petrovich GORETOI (b. 1921). Arrested on 13 December 1979 (CCE 55), Goretoi was charged under Articles 70 and 227, pt. 1 ('Infringement of … Continue reading The Trial of Goretoi, August 1980 (58.17)
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Persecution of Believers, August 1980 (57.17)
<<No 57 : 3 August 1980>> ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS On 13 June the hieromonk Savva (Kolchugin?) was arrested at the Arzamas railway station. Over a year ago he was prevented from continuing his work as a priest in the church of the town Vetluga, Gorky Region, in November 1979 Savva was forcibly interned in one of … Continue reading Persecution of Believers, August 1980 (57.17)
Persecution of Believers, Nov 1979 (54.19)
<<No 54 : 15 November 1979>> Orthodox Christians On 12 September the members of the Christian Committee for the Defence of Believers’ Rights in the USSR (G. Yakunin. V. Kapitanchuk, V. Fonchenkov, together with L. Regelson) issued an appeal ‘To Russian Orthodox Christians in the Fatherland and in the Diaspora’. The authors of the appeal … Continue reading Persecution of Believers, Nov 1979 (54.19)
Persecution of Believers, Aug 1979 (53.24)
<<No 53 : 1 August 1979>> ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS In the Dobroye district of Lipetsk Region, 14 churches were destroyed after the Revolution. In 1974 believers began to ask that a church be opened in the village of B. Khomutets. The believers went more than once to see the district Soviet executive committee — refusals were … Continue reading Persecution of Believers, Aug 1979 (53.24)
Persecution of Believers, March 1976 (39.7)
<< No 39 : 12 March 1976 >> The parishioners of Father Dmitry Dudko have appealed to the executive committee of the Orekhovo-Zuyevo district Soviet for an explanation of the reasons for the termination of his employment (CCE 38). At the executive committee they were told that the order for Father Dmitry s dismissal had … Continue reading Persecution of Believers, March 1976 (39.7)
Persecution of Religious Believers, Aug 1977 (46.8)
<<No 46 : 15 August 1977>> In May and June 1977 Alexander Ogorodnikov (CCEs 41, 44) was receiving treatment in Moscow City Hospital No. 4. On 7 June Rimma Anatolyevna Semyonova, a section head, called him into the surgery for an examination. Immediately after this, Doctor Yelena Vasilyevna Polikarpova summoned the other patients in the … Continue reading Persecution of Religious Believers, Aug 1977 (46.8)
Arrests, Searches, Interrogations, Nov 1977 (47.4)
«No 47 : 30 November 1977» The Arrest of Gely Snegiryov On 22 September 1977 the writer and cinematographer Gely Ivanovich SNEGIRYOV (b. 1927) was arrested in Kiev. * In 1974 Snegiryov was expelled from the Party, the Union of Writers and the Union of Cinematographers. In 1974-1976 Snegiryov’s heart condition became acute: haemorrhages occurred … Continue reading Arrests, Searches, Interrogations, Nov 1977 (47.4)
Persecution of Believers, November 1977 (47.6)
«No 47 : 30 November 1977» Catholics; Adventists; Baptists; Pentecostals * One hundred and eighty-six inhabitants of Kiev have sent the Soviet government a petition, requesting that the monastery in the Kievo-Pecherskaya Lavra be opened again. The monastery re-opened after the war and was never formally closed: its buildings and premises in the caves were … Continue reading Persecution of Believers, November 1977 (47.6)
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